SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Plastic Surgery, Hegemonic Masculinity, The Birdcage
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Calling someone deviant, what does that mean and how will that person act? (labeling) Conflict theory macro; see problematic of capitalism; power; commodification of various aspects of personal life. Feminist theory macro and micro; equality and gender are focal points; get people to equitable position in society; have different ways of this theory. Post-structuralist theory normalizing; discourse; discursive; discipline(ary) Social relations shape our bodies (gender, race, class, sexuality, Active upon social forces, and reproduce the same social. These relations are always in tension (have agency resist some of these social forces that feel comfortable for you; competing) Government policies that affect our bodies: abortion, public shaming for smoking and being pregnant) No neutral, universal, objective truth about what is attractive (cultural construct) see how notion of beauty changes from culture to culture, and see this change over time and place. North america: value youth and hide aging. Ideal body shapes are unachievable ex.
