HPRO 4412 Chapter 1-20: Textbook Chapter Notes

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Health Promotion
• Course: HPRO 4412
• Professor: Dr.Matt Numer

Document Summary

Sex: biological femaleness, maleness, intersexed or transgenderness: gender: psychological and sociocultural characteristics associated with out sex, men are strong, women are soft etc. Large role in formation of identity and norms: what is normal and expected of us. Shape how we think of ourselves gender, class and race. Social construct of what is good or bad developed through media: what (cid:449)e (cid:862)should(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)should (cid:374)ot(cid:863) desi(cid:396)e, what is portrayed does not always reflect reality of society, can be subtle or blatantly unrealistic. First televised scene of a martial couple sharing a bed was on the mary kay and johnny show in 1947. Increased ease in the ability to access sexual content: led to need for parental control features. Safer sex message: media sources are not helpful in promoting safer sex behaviors (i. e. contraceptives) (cid:862)fa(cid:374)tas(cid:455) model(cid:863) of se(cid:454) po(cid:396)t(cid:396)a(cid:455)ed i(cid:374) toda(cid:455)(cid:859)s (cid:373)edia (cid:894)fil(cid:373)s, (cid:373)usi(cid:272) (cid:448)ideos, t(cid:448)(cid:895) is i(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)e to p(cid:396)eg(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) a(cid:374)d ti(cid:859)s.