LY100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sue Rodriguez, Medicalization, Cosmetology
10 Nov 2015
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Bourgeoisie (the owners of the means of production) hold the power. *2 kinds of social control: formal: laws, sanctions, informal: social norms, mores, folkways (ex. shaming, gossip, incentives [1st question on paper] ex. crime stoppers) Very effective for the rich, elite, powerful. Single-handedly challenged segregation at a film festival. Had whites only areas in the cinema. She went in and paid the amount. It was assumed she knew where to sit she sat in the whites only section. She was convicted of a minor tax infraction used to enforce segregation. She was not informed or allowed to raise concerns in court. *follow up on her, understand it, analyze it, example of social control. For exam know discord over death penalty. P. 143 talks about executed individuals with intellectual issues. Being put in a treatment program instead of being convicted (or getting a fair trial) There are many people in our prisons with medical issues, mental issues, etc. that go untreated.
