SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Order Theory, Sociological Theory, Symbolic Interactionism
2 Oct 2016
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The more strongly anchored or attached a person is to society (through their social relationships, such as marriage), the less likely they are to commit suicide. Provides a sociological look at suicide gender, marital status and religious affiliation. How often people in the group see each other (frequency of attraction) and their level of shared beliefs. Argument if solidarity is low then people are at risk of suicide and if level of solidarity is too high then they are also at risk (willing to die for group) Women have lower rates because they are more attached to the society caregiving roles. A&b suicide is connected to social relationship and societies characterized by low social solidarity will have high rates of suicide. Macro-sociology: society shapes us social structures that impact us. Micro-sociology: we make society society is what we create through our interactions.
