Sociology 2246A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Acculturation, First Nations, Racialization
18 Oct 2016
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Chapter 3: social patterning of health: age, sex & gender, & race/ethnicity. Age is the most important predictor of mortality & morbidity. Crisis of the aging population a crisis that"s happening world-wide. The aging population is expected to be 25%-30% of canada"s population by 2056. Baby boom generation: those born btwn 1946-1956 in canada. Feminization of aging: the steady rise in the proportion of the population who are female in each older age group. More women than men are dying from heart disease. Women are more likely to have brittle bones than men when they are older. Women 2x more likely to have depression than men. Social control: means used by a social group to ensure that people conform to social norms & that the existing balance of power is maintained. Intimate partner violence operates social control by reinforcing men"s power over women & women"s inferior position within society.
