SYD 3800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sub-Saharan Africa, Fluoxetine, Media Matters For America

• School: UCF
• Department: Sociology of Demography
• Course: SYD 3800
• Professor: Diane Prather

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20th century: men live shorter lives bc of their greater risk of death by accident, violent activity, and alcohol consumption. Race, class, and health: black americans more likely to die from cerebrovascular disease, homicide, & diabetes than white americans: black women 3x more likely to die from causes related to pregnancy as. Substance abuse: alcohol, drugs, and smoking: men are more likely to abuse drugs & alcohol, but women are more likely to smoke. Media matters: gender & prozac nation: prozac use escalating among women, proza(cid:272) (cid:862)(cid:373)as(cid:272)uli(cid:374)izes fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h produces ambitious, assertive, hard-working individuals. Smoking: ma(cid:374)ipulated (cid:271)(cid:455) ad(cid:448)ertisers as a sig(cid:374) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)e, 1 in 4 men, 1 in 5 women smoke, women more likely to continue smoking than men, wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:373)ore i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) peer pressure, (cid:373)e(cid:374) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:862)se(cid:374)satio(cid:374) seeki(cid:374)g(cid:863) History speaks: margaret sanger & the right to birth control & abortion: (cid:862)no (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)all herself free (cid:449)ho does (cid:374)ot o(cid:449)(cid:374) & (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol her (cid:271)od(cid:455).