SOWK 3060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gender Dysphoria, Sexual Orientation, Industrial Revolution
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How does the idea sustain in our society: the power of labeling, was institutionalized, through institutions, counsellors, therapists, the power of labelling/diagnosing the institutions are very big in sustaining the power of the discourses. In the 17th century the doctor came to be a powerful figure: before women would do a lot of the caregiving process with medicine and nutrients in food. In the history people with mental health lived amongst society, now insane has been medicalized and people with mental health should be locked up. This whole notion of disorder that something is wrong with you is the whole notion that something is wrong with you. Sexual orientation in michel was labeled as a problem, it was labelled as a problem. There are stories around struggles with gender identity. How this change happened it is about changing the language. Changing this was to say that people will feel less judged.
