SOC101Y1 Lecture : March 19th- the gendered body.docx
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We think about our body in two ways-they are very contradictory. We think our body is our personal think, and at the same we say that the machines in our body that control us. Arguing, thesis of the lecture: in fact the body is a very much a social entity, even more than being the biological one. The things that effect our bodies, health care, nutrition and work conditions. In more complex level we must include cultural ideologies about men"s and women"s bodies. These ideas influence how social and economic institutions regulate women bodies and health. Other factors such as race, ethnicity also affect the way we look at our bodies. Ex: white body and facial is desirable then ethnic black, face, the able body is more valuable than bodies with other abilities and capacities. Bodies get socially influenced, how ppl luk at you. Assumptions are made that sex and sexuality are biologically determined.
