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Reflective Journals
Journal 1
After viewing a video of a Four Corners Report titled Fashion Victims, I was
exposed to a whole new light on products being imported into Australia to
high demand clothing stores. I never once thought that the generic brands
that I have been wearing day in day out such as Coles Mix, Forever New,
and Rivers were having their clothing items produced by low income earners,
in poverty affected countries like Bangladesh. This began me thinking about
the Sociological Imagination Template, but specifically the section that
focuses on the critical factors. Germov (2014) stated that the template assists
the individual to think in a more sociological way about the issue at hand.
The key issues that arose when I was thinking about workplace accidents in
foreign countries were, whos responsibility is it when crisis occurs in these
factories, and what needs to change to avoid this?
building falling down with extreme numbers of fatalities and injuries, building
safety regulations must be improved.
Reference List
Germov, J. (2014) Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology (5th ed). (p 8)
Australia: Oxford University Press
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Paris Schilling
ID 2182104
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Journal 2
For our Week 7 reading we were required to read The Social Appetite: A
Sociological Approach to Food and Nutrition (Germov, 2014, p. 207). This
chapter is about the reasons behind our food consumption such as
production and distribution, and how our food consumption affects our
health (Germov, 2014, p. 208). After learning about the social appetite I
began to make a connection to it with the sociological imagination
template and how they are quite similar. As defined by Germov (2014) the
social appetite is the social, cultural, political, religious, and economic
factors that affect what we eat (p. 208). In my opinion the social appetite is
a form of the sociological imagination template, but it is specifically used to
describe our food consumption, rather than any health factors or issues.
References
Germov, J. (2014) Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology (5th ed).
Australia: Oxford University Press
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Paris Schilling
ID 2182104
HLPE1540
Reflective Journals
Journal 3
When focussing on the topic Gendered Health, I never really understood the
affect of using gendered terms such as feminine and girly to describe
mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety.
father what it meant, he responded with being strong, rugged and manly. I
understand that this probably isnt an accurate representation of all males,
but from this very small sample size you can see that men of all ages perceive
the word masculine as a description of males physical appearance and
strength. What I believe all men need to understand is that masculinity is not
just being strong physically, it is also knowing how to be strong mentally.
Which they then need to understand that being strong mentally does not
mean, holding all your emotions and feelings in like they dont exist,
pretending that youre okay when youre not, and not speaking about your
feelings to others.
How can we fix this? The Mens Health Movement, which runs alongside the
Womens Health Movement, believes that improving mens health such as
unhealthy weight, high blood pressure, HIV/AIDS, and mental health, will then
slowly result in shifts in the understanding of what it means to be a man in
society, or to be masculine as mentioned earlier (Germov, 2014, p. 135).
Reference List
Nobelius, A. (2004, June) What is the difference between sex and gender? Retrieved
from http://www.med.monash.edu.au/gendermed/sexandgender.html
St Leger, L., Young, I., Blanchard, C., Perry, M. Promoting Health In Schools: From
Evidence To Action. Retrieved from
Paris Schilling
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http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/117385/PHiSFromEvidenceT
oAction_WEB1.pdf
(2013, April) 3.2.1 Models of Health. Retrieved from Slide Share Web site:
https://www.slideshare.net/jkonoroth/321-models-of-health
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