SOC224 Lecture Notes - Easter Bunny, Harm Reduction, Brainstorming
26 Apr 2013
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Problematize violence: rather than immediately look at causes, consequences and solutions, we need to take a step back and think about assumptions endemic to violence", what does this say about us as a society, demystify the concept. Its only through these means that we can better address the problem: nobody wants to be known as violent. There is a lot of negative connotations associated with that term: to be associated with violence is to be marginalized. In order for us to understand that connotation, we need to understand what violence might entail. Before we get to this discussion: harm reduction accepting that a certain harmful problem will always exist and that we should engage in harm reduction (ex. Use of condoms in pre marital sex, use of seatbelts) we want to help minimize the potential harms that could be caused to you harm reduction is also used in drug reduction programs.
