The Social Construction of Drugs Marijuana arrived in the United States in 1912 with the migration of Mexicans looking for work. Mexicans used marijuana to help them relax after a long day. Middle class individuals did not like the workers. In response a rumor began that this plant gave the Mexicans super human strength‚ and caused them to become murderers. This was the beginning of the many “truths” about Marijuana and its effects on people. The initial purpose for the illegalization of marijuana
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The Social Construction of Fibromyalgia "With so many people in so much pain‚ how could fibromyalgia not be a disease?" (Groopman 3) This question regarding the "condition of persistent muscle pain throughout the body‚ pain that is often accompanied by severe fatigue‚ insomnia‚ diarrhea and abdominal bloating‚ bladder irritation‚ and headache‚" now known as fibromyalgia raises some rather interesting yet complicated issues in today’s health care field such as: What criteria must be met in order
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Chapter 5‚ talks about social construction and deviant behaviors. Weitz talks about how‚ “an ill person is one whose actions‚ abilities‚ or appearance do not meet social norms: expectations within a given culture regarding proper behavior or appearance” (Weitz 104). After reading the three articles‚ you can tell that this issue is socially constructed. This can show a form of deviance. When women are not following the norms of society this can be looked at as an illness. The article‚ Pathologizing
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Social Construction Theory “As we thought Social Construction Theory is worried with the ways we consider and utilize classifications to structure our experience and investigation of the world” Social constructions characterize implications‚ thoughts‚ or intentions that are allocated to questions and occasions in the earth and to individuals’ ideas of their connections and communications with these items. In the space of social constructionist thought‚ a social build is a thought or idea that gives
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ITO 1 Individual Assignment Social Construction and Social Shaping of Technology Course Tutors: Professor Brain Bloomfield & Professor Theo Vurdubakis Submitted by: Amit Tewari Student Id: 30646848 Abstract Theories of social construction of technology provide ways to identify the influence of society in development of technologies. What do we mean when we say that technology is socially constructed? This paper explaining the theory of social construction of technology and providing with some
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gender.html In order to understand the answer of the above question‚ it is very important to understand what exactly is “Gender” and what a “Social Construct” means. GENDER In a layman’s language‚ Gender is simply the distinction between male and female. However‚ if we look deeper in well‚ we will notice the gender construction starts with the association of sex category at the time of birth. Sex is the biological distinction between a man and a woman and gender is
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institutionalized in a way that has profound social consequences on the members of different groups. - Race is primarily unitary. - You can only have one race‚ but you are able to claim multiple ethnic affiliations. - You have no control over your race; it’s how you’re perceived by others. E.g Chinese growing up Australian could claim to be ethnically Australian however her race is still Chinese. Social construction - A social construction or social construct is any phenomenon "invented" or "constructed"
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lives‚ sport is a social construction‚ providing a window into the sociocultural context of which we live (Allport‚ 1985). Being a “social construction” we must attempt to understand sport by approaching it as a social fact‚ therefore sociologically‚ as opposed to how we would with objects or events in the biophysical world – through science and numbers. Understanding sociology as “the study of social relations undertaken from the point of view of people who operate within those social
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ASSIGNMENT OF IST 530 SCOT & SST Yu Fu Oct 18‚ 2013 Social construction of Technology[1]‚ often abbreviated as SCOT‚ advocates that the social environment influences the development of a technology‚ which is opposed to what technological determinism. To grasp the core spirit of SCOT‚ we need to understand the following basic elements of SCOT. SCOT emphasize on the impact of Relevant Social Groups‚ which are not confined to the group that develops the technology‚ but also other groups that
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and the definition of what it means to be disabled‚ is culturally dependent. By taking a look at the definition and the societal construction of this definition‚ as well as the social
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