SOC 2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sex Reassignment Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Cardiovascular Disease

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2104
• Professor: Adolphine Y.Aggor- Boateng

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We have 7 chapters short answers do not cover all the questions. Limited by the number of short answers you have. Disability is often ignored or rendered invisible. We are able body people but some people have disabilities. Sometimes the people are labelled disabled due to society. Feminist discourses on the body do this as well. Ablism: active discrimination against disabled people and attitudes that diminish disa(cid:271)led people(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:373)pete(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) disa(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) as their defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272) Women are overrepresented among canadian adults with disabilities, and have higher rates of poverty. Women with disabilities and in poverty are tremendously vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse, more likely to be institutionalized. Participation and activity limitation survey (statscan, 2006) Poverty: 59% women (d); 55. 4% (without disability) Reveals the exclusion of all body types, functions, impairments (sick, deformed, abnormal, crazy, ugly, old, feeble-mindedness, maimed etc. ) Validation of the beautiful, intelligent, competent, normal and healthy body, which are cultural capital (status in interactions)