SOCI 3820 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sildenafil, Chronic Pain, Vivus
18 Nov 2016
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Surprised by a lot of the parts. Relation between the movie and the readings should be obvious. There was one woman who thought that there was definitely something wrong with her. If you have the power to effect what people think is reality, false, it"s a (cid:449)a(cid:455) of so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol. If (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e the po(cid:449)er to sa(cid:455) (cid:449)hat is (cid:374)or(cid:373)al or a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al, it"s also a sense of control. Example, having a lot of social control over little children. For instance, a rowdy 6-year-old is just a child, rather than a child with a medical issue, such as adha or ada which needs to be treated by medications or sedatives. There is also a significant social control over the child, but also over them when they enter adulthood. Chronic pain there has been a push to have it seen as a medical issue.
