The Body and Health, Disability, Aging, and Death Flashcards
Sociologists study human bodies to analyze them as ________ ___________, entities that bear the imprint of society.
Social products
The _______ _____________ is an enterprise that involves people shaping their body to express their identity and meet cultural or subcultural expectations of beauty and health.
Body project
A ________ is an entity that
Embodies elements both living
and dead, human and
machine, natural and
unnatural.
Cyborg
____________ is a radical do-it-yourself
approach to experimenting with the
body for enhancement and
augmentation.
Biohacking
The relationship between the body and social status varies largely because of the _________ _________ attractiveness.
Social value
There are a complex set of _________ __________ that determine the average height of most populations.
Social factors
A complex set of __________ ____________ flow from differences in height.
social consequences
____________ refers to the physical and mental experience of existence.
Embodiment
There is a link between poverty and health. It is often referred to as the _____________ __________ ______ _____________, which specifically refers to the existence of a positive correlation between socioeconomic position and health.
Socioeconomic gradient in health
___________ __________, a functionalist from
the 1950’s, discussed _____ ________ ______,
a sociological concept that contributes
to social order.
Talcott Parsons, the sick role
______ _______ ______ gives doctors tremendous power in our culture
As experts while providing the individual a with
Legitimized exception to role obligations.
The sick role
_____________ refers to the process by which a condition or behaviour becomes defined as a medical problem requiring a medical solution.
Medicalization
__________ is a physical or mental characteristic that keeps some people from performing within the range of normal human activity. It is also a social relationship insofar as a physical or social barrier may restrict the opportunity of some people to participate in the life of a community on a level equal to others.
Disability
__________ involves curing disabilities to the extent possible through medical and technological intervention; trying to improve the lives of people with disabilities by means of care, training, and education; and integrating people with disabilities into society.
Rehabilitation
We have also had a very sinister time in history when we treated people with disabilities (or perceived disabilities) around the world by involuntarily sterilizing them… this type of thinking was fueled by ___________ and was an attempt to rid the world of “defective people”
Eugenics
___________ is the prejudice and discrimination against people who have disabilities.
Abelism
_______ ____________ _________________ is structured largely around the norms and abilities of those without disabilities
Our human environment
Physical impairments _________ disabilities when the human environment is constructed largely on the basis of ableist thinking
Become
Sociologists see ageing as a __________ _____________… that is different for different societies…in other words, the character of ageing varies depending on time, place and history.
Complex process
being older is often considered a social stigma … and older people often experience ________: which is the prejudice and discrimination against older people.
Ageism
___________ involves temporary and non-invasive attempts to hide or mask aspects of the body that are seen as undesirable. It includes putting on makeup and applying deodorant and perfume.
camouflaging
__________ involves overcoming a natural limitation of the body through a technological device. It includes wearing glasses and prosthetic limbs.
extending
__________ is the effort to maintain the physical appearance of the body by reducing or eliminating parts of the body that elicit unfavourable responses from others. Examples include mole removal, using dye to hide greying hair, and losing weight.
adapting
____________ involves permanently reconstructing the body, usually for purposes of self-expression and aesthetics. It includes breast augmentation surgery, hair implants, and tattooing and piercing.
redesigning
