SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Honor Killing, Moral Panic, Medicalization
20 Nov 2013
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What do we, as a society, believe to. Nature is the only thing that is normal . Rule of law = all people are equal under law: no one is exempt from the law, everyone is equal. Moral panic = a disruption that threatens the social order of a society. Look at law as: a regulator of morals, containment (i. e. don"t run a red light ) Sample case: clara ford (1894: toronto, tiny apartment near spadina/adelaide, early 30s + mulatto (one parent white, one black) + seamstress + unmarried, clara ford shot and killed frank westwood. 18 years old, from a well-off family. Got clara to take back her confession: Used her minority race: said that the two white officers pressured her into admitting it wrongly. Played into the gender role: gender assumption is that women are dumber than men, she said she didn"t know what she was doing and played the.
