SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Grenade, Industrial Revolution, Scientific Revolution
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Eg- women suffer from more psych distress than men; yet men commit 3-4 times more suicide. Eg- looking at religion-> more suicides among protestants, but most psych distress was among the jews in france(jews had least rate of suicides) People embedded in social relations; the nature or these social relations influences the reaction to psych distress, thus influencing the rate of suicide: durkheim"s theory of suicide i. Whats really important- social solidarity in a given group. A groups leel of social solidatiyy is determined by. The degree to which they share beliefs, values and morals. Suicide rates are lowest at intermediate levels of social solidarity and highest at low and high levels of social solidarity. Eg- married people commit les suicide, because they have family, kids, etc. to anchor them in the world. With religion- protestants in france are more likely to commit suicide because protestantism is more individualistic; people should find their own path to salvation.
