SOSC 2110 Lecture Notes - Consumerism, Medicalization, Designer Baby
17 Apr 2014
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To screen illness: alot of activism and consumerism- ownership of various diseases by organization, we have old illness" that we have yet to master tb and new illness" that contribute to the medicalization of our bodies (flu. 21 century health- experts in our own rights although we are untrained: health technology in the 21st century. Technology has also changed- we can use technology to treat illness and screen for it (technology gives us answers) promotes health activism & self- responsibility ex. It can be useful and problematic at the same time: we have the responsibilities about choices (if we don"t take advantage of screening are we irresponsible. 1979- b-day: valeria lukyanova, women"s lives have become medicalized and policized in terms of attractiveness (men too, women are told to be smaller and smaller, we give men the image of steroid infused body (bigger and bigger)
