Sociological Imagination By C. Wright Mills
Sociological Analysis Assignment 1
The sociological imagination is a term that C. Wright Mills invented that defines the ability to take a more private or individual issue and be able to look at it with a more public perspective (Germov & Hornosty, 2017). It is a way of understanding a problem by thinking of it in terms of larger social realities (Germov & Hornosty, 2017)). This concept is very useful as it aids in linking health and illness outcomes with the social context of people. One way to explore this concept is to look at domestic violence in women from different countries and relate the social determinants of health that lead to abuse and a decline in health and wellbeing.
When people first immigrate they are faced with many factors …show more content…
These ideas need to be properly embedded in the system in regards to giving these women more opportunities and choice in reporting their abusers. Integration of immigrant women into their destination countries should be made more readily available to allow for more independence of these women. The social determinants of health such as income, education, housing etc., should be tackled with the work of integration and therefore decrease the rates of the abuse by men. Culture should not impact the occurrences of abuse in immigrant women as regardless of their culture they are entitled to rights and too much emphasis leads to acceptance. Lastly, there needs to be more intervention and work put into strengthening strategies to prevent the cycle of abuse in the destination country for immigrant women.
References
Germov, J., & Hornosty, J. (2017) (Eds.). Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology
Second Canadian Edition. Don Mills, ON Oxford University Press Canada.
Ghafournia, N. (2011). Battered at home, played down in policy: Migrant women and domestic violence in Australia. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16(3), 207-213. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2011.02.009
Menjívar, C., & Salcido, O. (2002). Immigrant women and domestic violence. Gender & Society, 16(6), 898-920.
The sociological imagination is a term that C. Wright Mills invented that defines the ability to take a more private or individual issue and be able to look at it with a more public perspective (Germov & Hornosty, 2017). It is a way of understanding a problem by thinking of it in terms of larger social realities (Germov & Hornosty, 2017)). This concept is very useful as it aids in linking health and illness outcomes with the social context of people. One way to explore this concept is to look at domestic violence in women from different countries and relate the social determinants of health that lead to abuse and a decline in health and wellbeing.
When people first immigrate they are faced with many factors …show more content…
These ideas need to be properly embedded in the system in regards to giving these women more opportunities and choice in reporting their abusers. Integration of immigrant women into their destination countries should be made more readily available to allow for more independence of these women. The social determinants of health such as income, education, housing etc., should be tackled with the work of integration and therefore decrease the rates of the abuse by men. Culture should not impact the occurrences of abuse in immigrant women as regardless of their culture they are entitled to rights and too much emphasis leads to acceptance. Lastly, there needs to be more intervention and work put into strengthening strategies to prevent the cycle of abuse in the destination country for immigrant women.
References
Germov, J., & Hornosty, J. (2017) (Eds.). Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology
Second Canadian Edition. Don Mills, ON Oxford University Press Canada.
Ghafournia, N. (2011). Battered at home, played down in policy: Migrant women and domestic violence in Australia. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16(3), 207-213. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2011.02.009
Menjívar, C., & Salcido, O. (2002). Immigrant women and domestic violence. Gender & Society, 16(6), 898-920.