Crmj 415 Deviant Behavior Paper
Course Project Part 2
CRMJ 415 Deviant Behaviors
Yolanda Revels
Professor: Cheryl Reyes
September 7, 2014
PLACENTOPHAGY
In many cultures people eat placenta it’s not normal in American culture but it is not to say that it’s an abomination to the human race, A person can have an adverse reaction to eating Placenta whereas a person can purchase placenta pills where it can help with the production of your milk but it can also make it come out to fast where you will have too much and a person will begins to leak, your emotions can run high where you are not the happy go lucky person that you thought you would be in order to help with your postpartum depression so that is when you have to pay attention and stop taking them being …show more content…
that it can also affect the baby when you find them crying more than usual because it is affecting them too, although it is to help and women has been eating it for thousands of years just like other mammals, the best way to eat it is raw because heating it up kills the nutrients so the best way is to have it dehydrated or capsulized.
In the analysis of social deviance when it comes to placentology there are preconceived notions about whether or not anthropophagy is illegal in the United states and It is very interesting to know that there are no federal statutes that prohibit a willing person from eating uncontaminated human blood or tissue. The only state that has any statute prohibiting voluntary, private anthropophagy is Idaho. (Crossman, 2014). What is really interesting is the stigmas that are being placed relating to anthropophagy, some look at it as a cult but the information is revealed in a way that states a woman should have the ability to possess and consume their own placentas and embryos, although the facts that may belive this has something to do with ritual abuse against the children whether it could be imagined or actual, but it is publically linked to anthropophagy and is extensively documented by this notation.
I liked the story about cannibalism; this is a story that I can actually find more information about and read being that this is definitely not something that I could actually see people doing even if you are the last person on earth it just seems crazy to know that this is what people did not only to survive but to sell as ingestible medication. I think the most bizarre part of this is to think that “The Catholic Church feels justified in eating a person to survive and feel if you don’t it is commiting suicide and that it is a greater sin than cannibalism” (Osmanovic, 2012) But according to the labeling theory, it is not the act itself, it is the social context that determines whether an act is considered deviant or not. Therefore, placenta eating is an accepted form of cannibalism in many societies internationally.
There is a lot of information on whether or not there is a benefit to eating ones placenta and the uses that they have from when mammals do it and what Stem Cell Research is considering for the uses.
I feel if it is for the good then eventually it will be considered a norm in American culture just as how “Eating one 's own placenta (placentophagy) is undergoing a small revival in Western cultures. Some view this as a way of celebrating the placenta 's significance and/or promoting postpartum physical and mental health.” (Beacock, 2012). Although everyone is not in agreeance to it I have found that Placenta encapsulation is becoming a popular method of preparing the placenta for consumption. In this article what is considered is the potential of placentophagy to benefit human and non-human mammals and also evaluates placental encapsulation.I have spoken to a few people myself who has stated they were asked if they wanted to keep their placentas and if they decided they didn’t want it then it needs to be signed off as a donation. “Several credible theories and mothers ' and midwives ' experiences support placentophagy, but evidence is limited, dated and inconclusive. Current and systematic research is needed. Midwives should be aware of the evidence in order to support mother 's decisions” (Beacock,
2012).
References
Beacock, M. (2012). Does eating placenta offer postpartum health benefits?. British Journal Of Midwifery, 20(7), 464-469. http://proxy.devry.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=url,cookie,ip,uid&db=c9h&AN=78418658&site=eds-live
Crossman, A. (2014). Sociological Explanations Of Deviant Behavior. Retrieved September 6, 2014 from http://sociology.about.com/od/Deviance/a/Sociological-Explanations-Of-Deviant-Behavior.htm.
Osmanovic, I. M. ( 2012). Deviance: Cannibalism. Retrieved September 6, 2014 from http://prezi.com/g_pmruvsizlp/deviance-cannibalism/.
CRMJ 415 Deviant Behaviors
Yolanda Revels
Professor: Cheryl Reyes
September 7, 2014
PLACENTOPHAGY
In many cultures people eat placenta it’s not normal in American culture but it is not to say that it’s an abomination to the human race, A person can have an adverse reaction to eating Placenta whereas a person can purchase placenta pills where it can help with the production of your milk but it can also make it come out to fast where you will have too much and a person will begins to leak, your emotions can run high where you are not the happy go lucky person that you thought you would be in order to help with your postpartum depression so that is when you have to pay attention and stop taking them being …show more content…
that it can also affect the baby when you find them crying more than usual because it is affecting them too, although it is to help and women has been eating it for thousands of years just like other mammals, the best way to eat it is raw because heating it up kills the nutrients so the best way is to have it dehydrated or capsulized.
In the analysis of social deviance when it comes to placentology there are preconceived notions about whether or not anthropophagy is illegal in the United states and It is very interesting to know that there are no federal statutes that prohibit a willing person from eating uncontaminated human blood or tissue. The only state that has any statute prohibiting voluntary, private anthropophagy is Idaho. (Crossman, 2014). What is really interesting is the stigmas that are being placed relating to anthropophagy, some look at it as a cult but the information is revealed in a way that states a woman should have the ability to possess and consume their own placentas and embryos, although the facts that may belive this has something to do with ritual abuse against the children whether it could be imagined or actual, but it is publically linked to anthropophagy and is extensively documented by this notation.
I liked the story about cannibalism; this is a story that I can actually find more information about and read being that this is definitely not something that I could actually see people doing even if you are the last person on earth it just seems crazy to know that this is what people did not only to survive but to sell as ingestible medication. I think the most bizarre part of this is to think that “The Catholic Church feels justified in eating a person to survive and feel if you don’t it is commiting suicide and that it is a greater sin than cannibalism” (Osmanovic, 2012) But according to the labeling theory, it is not the act itself, it is the social context that determines whether an act is considered deviant or not. Therefore, placenta eating is an accepted form of cannibalism in many societies internationally.
There is a lot of information on whether or not there is a benefit to eating ones placenta and the uses that they have from when mammals do it and what Stem Cell Research is considering for the uses.
I feel if it is for the good then eventually it will be considered a norm in American culture just as how “Eating one 's own placenta (placentophagy) is undergoing a small revival in Western cultures. Some view this as a way of celebrating the placenta 's significance and/or promoting postpartum physical and mental health.” (Beacock, 2012). Although everyone is not in agreeance to it I have found that Placenta encapsulation is becoming a popular method of preparing the placenta for consumption. In this article what is considered is the potential of placentophagy to benefit human and non-human mammals and also evaluates placental encapsulation.I have spoken to a few people myself who has stated they were asked if they wanted to keep their placentas and if they decided they didn’t want it then it needs to be signed off as a donation. “Several credible theories and mothers ' and midwives ' experiences support placentophagy, but evidence is limited, dated and inconclusive. Current and systematic research is needed. Midwives should be aware of the evidence in order to support mother 's decisions” (Beacock,
2012).
References
Beacock, M. (2012). Does eating placenta offer postpartum health benefits?. British Journal Of Midwifery, 20(7), 464-469. http://proxy.devry.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=url,cookie,ip,uid&db=c9h&AN=78418658&site=eds-live
Crossman, A. (2014). Sociological Explanations Of Deviant Behavior. Retrieved September 6, 2014 from http://sociology.about.com/od/Deviance/a/Sociological-Explanations-Of-Deviant-Behavior.htm.
Osmanovic, I. M. ( 2012). Deviance: Cannibalism. Retrieved September 6, 2014 from http://prezi.com/g_pmruvsizlp/deviance-cannibalism/.