WS102 Lecture Notes - Reproductive Technology, Menstrual Cycle, Medicalization

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WS102
• Professor: Tina Davidson

Document Summary

Ideas about women"s health/wellness dominated by media images, which are reinforced by the. Media/medical attention to obesity epidemic although there is little consensus what obesity is. Bmi makes little distinction between body types, metabolism, bone structure etc. Perceptions of female athletes as healthy, yet are often anorexia/bulimic or are much bigger than the images of healthy women we see in fitness magazines. The ideal body type of women strongly influences what the medical industry presents as healthy. Medical industry endorses thin images as healthy. Death rates, known as mortality rates, while morbidity refers to ill health, disease, disability. Morbidity is influenced by ethnicity and class. Women are higher percentage of those who experience ill health, but are more likely to visit a doctor and attend to illness. Women get sicker, but men die quicker . Women have higher rates of morbidity because they live longer. Women more likely to consult alternative health professionals, ex.