SOCIOL 145 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Billy Tipton, Caste System In India, Black Pride
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Men are at lower rates than women for antidepressant usage rates. Men kill themselves more often women, despite that stat. Women are socially constructed to believe that it is okay for them to seek help (it is okay for women to seek help) Stigma and social interaction: de nition of the situation: norms and roles that allow for predictable interactions occasionally there might be disagreement of what the situation is. Impression management: individuals stage performances to shape interactions the recognition of discredited stigma symbols and the discovery of the discreditable stigma shapes social interaction stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination stigmatized individuals may manage to manage impressions. Status symbols | stigma symbols symbol: recognizable sign that conveys social information about one"s identity status/prestige symbols: material and nonmaterial indicators of social position and/or achievements stigma symbols: indicators that draw attention to one"s spoiled identity. Disidenti ers: signs that positively break up an otherwise coherent picture (glasses but illiterate)
