SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Talcott Parsons, Sick Role, Gender Identity
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Health- state of physical, mental and social well-being. Sick role- assigns a sick person rights and obligations. Two rights: perform normal social roles, not held accountable. Two obligations: try to get well, seek competent health. People with higher socioeconomic status have better health. Health theories: selection theory- the connection between low income and poorer health is not always direct, the drift- health social status, social determinants theory- social status health. Study of the causes and distribution of disease within a population. Height and health taller people have higher incomes taller people smarter taller people have more sexual partners. What it means to be sick or healthy: add/adhd, anxiety, depression. Homosexuality and dsm (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) First mentioned in 1952: sexual deviation, abnormal. Others removed from dsm: grief, sexual aversion disorder, gender identity disorders, jet lag, other sleep disorders. Health and food: weight issue a(cid:374)d (cid:862)fat sha(cid:373)i(cid:374)g(cid:863, gmos.
