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Critically Assess Sociological Explanations for Inequalities in Health by Gender
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Critically Assess Sociological Explanations for Inequalities in Health by Gender Inequalities in health happen. They are not just a biological fact, if they were purely biological we would see health and illness randomly occurring across the population, with virtually everyone having a similar chance of being ill, this is not the case. Inequalities in health both physical and mental vary depending on what class, ethnic or gender group that you may belong in. Sociologists have attempted to explain why men and women have different health chances, how gender roles are socially constructed, and are learnt through the process of socialization and not biologically determined. These social variations are assessed and explained within four general approaches of health inequalities. The social constructionist approach or artefact theory suggests that health inequalities are not actually as unequal as they first seem. Alison Mcfarlane suggests that 'the statistics are misleading'. An example...
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