SOC101Y1 Lecture : Lecture Note - Feb 23
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February 23, 2010: deviance and control: why the message is putting out there , medicalization of deviance: In looking at the r ise of medicine and the demise of religion, in some sense begs the question of how medicalization came about. Less therapy the more distance they are: eg. There are different status positions of men and women in society, because women generally have lower status than men, they are subject to more therapeutic social control. People with higher social status are more likely to use therapy. And define deviant activities therapeutically: rates of mental illness vary inversely with social class. There is more mental illness among the lower class than the upper class: one explanation for this inverse relationship is social causation: if you are poor, hard to pay bills, and the resources to deal with the stress. More stress and fewer resources causes more stress among the lower class. www. notesolution. com.
