MHS 2330 Lecture 7: 2:7 lecture notes
19 Feb 2019
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Lecture Notes: STRESS
- Snow 2008-
o Phenotype of sex is the basis of what binary gender is decided on
- Attributing Health outcomes to Sex vs gender
o Hard to attribute certain things to either sex or gender- the result of the
relationship between the two
▪ Immunity
▪ Blood pressure
▪ Stress response
▪ Bone density
▪ Gene expression
o Sexuality <- Sex (anchor)-> Gender -> Gender Roles
▪ Devor 1994
- Constrained Choice
o Bird, Rieker 2008
o People have implicit and explicit priorities which affect their choice
▪ Perceived identity of a person triggers a set of expected priorities, which
means society pressures the person to choose the narrow box of what
they’re ‘supposed’ to do
o Bounded Rationality- rational choices that take place under limitations of both
knowledge and cognitive capacity and that shape what someone perceives as
their possible alternatives- it’s not as objective as you think (like under the
influence)
o How you deal with stressors is shaped by social policy, community actions, and
work and family expectations→ affects individual choices (health behaviors)
and biological processes (stress response) which ultimately affects health
outcomes (morbidity and mortality)
▪ Social policy- women make less $ therefore put less $ into Social Security
therefore get lower payments
▪ Community/work/family- both gendered role demands and community
and work contexts (social networks and physical resources) affect the
stress associated w social roles and expectations
- Don’t Care, Should care (Robertson 2008)
o 2 conflicting narratives
▪ Real men do not care about health
▪ Vs the pursuit of health is a moral requirement for good citizenship
o Men understand they should be healthy and desire health, yet act as if they
don’t care at all about their health to fulfill hegemonic ideal (gender is a
performance)
▪ Precarious balance- Want to be generally healthy without showing they
care too much…so embrace risk without it being not ~tasteful~
o Walking the line between these conflicting narratives is the essence of
hegemonic male identity
Document Summary
Snow 2008: phenotype of sex is the basis of what binary gender is decided on. Attributing health outcomes to sex vs gender: hard to attribute certain things to either sex or gender- the result of the relationship between the two. Immunity: blood pressure, stress response, bone density, gene expression, sexuality gender -> gender roles, devor 1994. Drinking to excess once in a while is one of the hegemonic ideals but being an alcoholic is not desirable by anyone walking the line. If doctors spoke in pragmatic embodiment, then they might actually be more successful in getting men to lead healthier lives: 3) normative embodiment, 4) experiential embodiment- experiencing well-being and feeling good. Still in school vs done with education, working on career: stressors and coping strategies change over adult life cycle. Subjective and objective reactions: certain things to some people are successes while to others, they are a norm, ex.
