SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Photo Manipulation, Population Ageing, Nec
6 Dec 2015
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How societies work: class, power, and change (5th ed) by joanne naiman. Ageism: the act of discriminating against people because of their age. Health: the absence of illness or the management of an illness. Eurocentrism: imposing a standard on global level based on western european ideal. Tokenism: one person to represent a whole population. As a society, we judge others constantly: sociologists have to determine what this means, life experiences and social interactions are embodied , changes to one"s body can impact our experiences and social interactions. How we relate to others, how others relate to us: the extent to which we are aware of and affected by our bodies varies over the course of our lives. What we see in the mirror: what others perceive us, the impression we give other people, socialization (socially constructed meaning) Certain aspects of beauty that are seen as universal:
