SOCA02H3 Chapter 12: Sociology - Chapter 12 - pages 299-304.docx
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Chapter 12: sociology of the body - disability, aging, and death: pages 299-304. Tell me what you don"t like about yourself? points to our insecurities not just about our body but ourselves; it implies our bodies are direct representations of ourselves. Normal standards of disabilities, aging and death differ in cultures. Disabled people gained more acceptance, dignity and normality recently. Study findings: physical stature reflects social status; students correlated social status with height. Genes: majority of humans are approx. the same genetically, social factors determine average height in populations, height leads to social consequences. Family: quality of person"s diet protein consumption better quality = taller, eg. Japanese were taller in the end of the 20th century: eg. North american-born children of immigrants are taller on average than their parents born elsewhere. Class position: smaller gap, but upper class are on average taller than middle class who are on average taller than lower class, but eg.
