Gender, Sexuality, and Health PDF

Gender, Sexuality and Health Klein R. Fernandez, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Social Development Services College of Human Ecology, UP Los Banos Affiliate Faculty of Health Sociology, Department of Behavioral Sciences,...

Gender, Sexuality and Health Klein R. Fernandez, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Social Development Services College of Human Ecology, UP Los Banos Affiliate Faculty of Health Sociology, Department of Behavioral Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, UP Manila Teasing out concepts 1. Sociological theories on the discourses of sex, sexuality, gender, and health 2. Analyze the health disparities in gender relations 3. Familiarize evidence-based policies on gender-mainstreaming in achieving health equity  Sexuality and Gendered Health Gender as social construct as seen in a multiplicity of social institutions Social Determinants of Health Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 2. Sexuality The World Health Organisation defines sexuality as: (…) a central aspect of being human throughout life (that) encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction. Sexuality is experienced and expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviours, practices, roles and relationships. Sex, Gender and Sexuality – Sociology Definitions. By OtherSociology.com Structural Functionalism Biological/Physiological Division of labor Productive vs Reproductive Functions Social roles and expectation Male (Pagkalalaki/Masculinity) Female (Pagkababae/Feminity) Socio-Political Religion Conflict Theory Male domination society is a struggle for dominance among social groups (like women versus men) that compete for scarce resources, men as the dominant group and women as the subordinate group. Feminist theory Symbolic Interactionism Human behavior by analyzing the critical role of symbols in human interaction Gendered Health Disparities Foucault’s History of Sexuality Sexuality as a repression by capitalism and bourgeoisie society throughout Western history 18th – 19th Century 18th century, discourse on sexuality focuses on the productive role of the married couple, which is monitored by both canonical and civil law 20th Century (scientific study of sexuality; government control) LGBTQIA Health Matters an explanatory theory aimed at understanding the social, psychological, and structural factors accounting for mental health inequalities facing sexual minority populations. David M. Frost1 and Ilan H. Meyer (2003) Minority stress theory: Application, critique, and continued relevance Woman (in) (and) Development to Gender and Development UNFPA Develophttps://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/admin-resource/thematic%20note%201_gender_final.pdfment Intersectionality: Health, Gender, Sexuality, Religion, and Socio-Economic Status Socio-economic Status (SES) and Spatial Disparities in Health  Theoretical Frameworks Social class/SES and health Popular View Material Resources and Material Deprivation Situational view Inequality and Relative Deprivation Neighborhood SES Structural View Human Capital Cultural View Social Capital and Social Relationships Cultural Capital https://www.mphonline.org/urban-public-health/ A sample of health disparities in Boston – a racialized neighborhood https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elmer-Freeman/publication/318427968/figure/fig1/AS:557763868753926@1509992677783/A-sample-of-health-disparities-in-Bosto n-A-Incidence-of-diabetes-hypertension-and.png Racial Justice and Health Equity Framework Boston Public Health Commission Source: Boston Public Health Commission’s Racial Justice and Health Equity Initiative; available: http://www.bphc.org/whatwedo/health-equity-social-justice/racial-justice-health-equity-initiative/Documents/RJHEI%202015%20Ove rview%20FINAL.pdf