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  This past week’s lecture was interesting to me because I learned a lot more about gender and the different experiences with gender that people have. I grew up in a very cisgender and gender-confirming society, so I have not had much exposure to anything else. I did not know very many people who did not identify with their biological sex.  I understand that this is a very “hot topic” lately with media and society, but I think it is important to look at and understand the subject in a bias-free way in order to best serve and protect the community itself. One of the guiding questions for this week was “What are some challenges that LGBTQ+ youth experience at the individual, family, peer, and societal levels? What are the implications for the mental health of these individuals?” and I thought about this throughout the week.  I think individually, in today’s society, it is complicated and confusing as a young person to go through adolescence and youth. Today’s youth face num...

  HEALTH INEQUALITY When discussing racial differences in health outcomes, we are talking about society’s systematic differences regarding access to healthcare and the results of health outcomes. It means that there are differences between the different races in terms of their healthcare quality and type, and also the societal effects of racial inequality. There are certain racial or ethnic groups that experience vastly different rates of health conditions and/or mortality compared to white Americans. However, these differences are due to inequalities in social determinants of health (HDFS 280 L16, slide 14).  Some factors that perpetuate health inequalities that I was not aware of before this week were housing discrimination, employment discrimination, and discriminatory healthcare practices. I had never thought about how restricted homeownership would have led to a greater inability to generate wealth and stability, and in turn, cause people to potentially struggle with thei...

  Socioeconomic Status (SES) is defined in our classroom as “a way of describing people based on their education, income, and type of job” (slide 5 of HDFS 280 L14). I could not find a definition of SES in the Golash-Boza textbook. If I had to define SES, I would define it as a social class or social classification of individuals based on their income level and financial stability. I believe that SES is the most dividing factor among Americans in the US today because of how much economic stability affects an individual’s development and quality of life.  Socioeconomic statuses influence r omantic relationship stability and satisfaction, parent-child relationships, and child development because SES directly affects a person’s quality of life and influences how they are able to grow and maintain relationships with those in their life. For romantic relationship stability, someone who is upper class may not want to date someone who is not in the same SES. That person may also be ...