SOSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Medicalization, Gender Role
Document Summary
Economic and social categories intersects with each other. Women"s experiences depending on their age, areas, etc. Many factors which led to affects in health due to gender and issues. Intersectional analyses how social categories intersect; attention to diversity; multiple identities operate simultaneously that affect ones health. Patterns of women"s health gender gap in life expectancy; gender gap in morbidity and disability. Gender gap in life expectancy 82. 7 women v. 78. 0 men (2008); gender gap narrowing: 1991 = 6. 3 years; 2008 = 4. 7 years; class and race differentials. Gender gap in morbidity and disability women = higher rates of illness and disability that: reported incidences and self reporting. Many women died in child birth; many women continued to die due to complications of abortions. 1980s the trends in social gap where increasing for women. Women tend to be less identified as having cardio-vascular problems. Women have migraines, give births, etc. and has more mental health problems than men.
