Gender, ethnicity, and diversity

Question 1

Understand the sociological concepts of gender,
race and ethnicity and their impact on health.
 Understand the different sociological approaches
to social structure, class and occupational
classification.
 Understand the role of culture in differing
approaches to health and illness

Answer 1

LOs: How well do you understand these?

Question 2

What are the 9 special protected characteristics (just as a refresher, maybe no need to memorise completely)

Answer 2

Ethnicity/race, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, sex, age, marriage/civil partnership, pregancny and maternity

Question 3

What is direct discrimination?

Answer 3

When you yourself are discriminated against for a specific protected characteristic

Question 4

What is associative discrimination

Answer 4

When you are discriminated against due to association to a particular group

Question 5

What is perceptive discrimination

Answer 5

Discrimination as ypu are percieved to belong to a protected characteristic

Question 6

What is indirect discrimination

Answer 6

A rule applied to all but affects one group more than another

Question 7

What constitutes harrassment

Answer 7

unwanted behaviour linked to a protected characteristic that violates dignity

Question 8

WHat is victimisation

Answer 8

treating unfairly because they have complained

Question 9

What is the difference between race and ethnicity

Answer 9

Both difficult to define, self defined, but “race” brings up historically charged connotations

Question 10

What is racism

Answer 10

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized

Question 11

Which gender is more likely to die (higher mortality)

Answer 11

Males

Question 12

Which gender is more predisposed to morbidity

Answer 12

Females

Question 13

How doe health seeking behaviour vary between genders

Answer 13

Women consult doctors more frequently than men, especially for mental health, physical problems. Ideas of stigma, masculinity

Question 14

What is sex

Answer 14

The biological aspect of gender

Question 15

What is gender

Answer 15

The social and cultural expression of biological sex

Question 16

What are some psychosocial stressors for trans/homosexual people?

Answer 16

Experience of bullying, violence, threats of
violence and discrimination
• Anxiety over how family and friends will respond
to their sexual or gender identity
• Experience of being rejected
• Stress caused by keeping identity a secret
• Feelings of shame and/or guilt as result of
religious or cultural upbringing
• Poor self-regard hinders health seeking!