JNH350H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Inequality, Malaria, 1973 Oil Crisis
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Lecture 5: the african aids epidemic: micro and macro factors. Micro: under the control of the actors on the ground (cultural or interpersonal factors: sexual choices, needle exchange program, gender and power relationships. Sex workers problem: if i lose condoms, i lose business. Macro: not under the control of the individual: accessibility to education, sap, labour markets, access to healthcare, poverty. What is the relationship between macro and micro: macro severely constrains micro, poverty constrains choices. History of slavery and colonialism has a major impact of how these diseases spread on the african continent. Hiv tends to be higher in societies that have a lot of social inequality than a community that is all poor: not only poverty, but inequality, cash, cars and cellphones syndrome. Cultural norms (macro) men have the right to sexualize their wife no matter what or have as many girlfriends as they like. What about concurrency: you can have different sexual partners.
