SOC 2070 Lecture 11: Soc2070- feb28

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Stigma: (cid:862)a (cid:395)ualit(cid:455) o(cid:396) att(cid:396)i(cid:271)ute that is deepl(cid:455) dis(cid:272)(cid:396)editi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d that has the po(cid:449)e(cid:396) to i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:396)upt so(cid:272)ial a(cid:374)d pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships(cid:863) Ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al i(cid:374)(cid:272)apa(cid:272)it(cid:455) (cid:894)e. g. ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al disa(cid:271)ilit(cid:455)(cid:895) :(cid:271)li(cid:374)d(cid:374)ess, (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)alk et(cid:272): bodily impairments that limit your function as an human being. Violation of aesthetic norms: norms (cid:396)e: ho(cid:449) people (cid:862)ought(cid:863) to look, physically disabled bodies (visibly). When you look at a person they are visibly disabled: modified bodies. Tattoos, transition from deviance to non-deviance: obese bodies. European middle ages, physical disability, and the devil: back then deviant bodies were caused by the devil. Example: a baby born disabled, they are killed because they are considered deviant: god (cid:373)ade (cid:862)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) i(cid:374) his i(cid:373)age. Tattooi(cid:374)g the ski(cid:374) (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ges the (cid:449)a(cid:455) human (cid:271)od(cid:455) is supposed to look like, that (cid:862)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) i(cid:373)age, the(cid:396)efo(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)t: physically disabled were the work of satan, treated with scorn and ridicule. Late 19th to mid 20th century eugenics movement: sterilization of mentally and physically disabled.