SOC 2112 Lecture 10: SOC2112 Annandale on Martineau
16 Feb 2017
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Discussion of morals of the 19th century england related to health and the position of women. Martineau says that it is the social status of women that causes the illness of women. Argues that a gender/health framework may exist within martineau"s work (things can be inferred from her work, looking at the role of health in first wave feminism changes the way we view it) The mind/body gendered split - martineau"s work was significantly earlier in previously accepted timeline of this theory (she talked about it much earlier) Dualism and patriarchy: social relations as a means to reject biological determinism excludes the body from discussion (removes the body from society, and how the body reacts to society) Thinking only about social relations excludes the body - therefore sexual differences were not used to explain social differences (they need to explain each other) Social/natural, mind/body, reason/emotion, health/illness are distinctions between male/female (men are seen as the positive aspects of these)
