Merna SOCI

Student in SOCI4072

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

The body and the soul have many hidden secrets beyond our mere awareness. Tattoos maintain that you wish to never be hidden. Thus, staying like an ornament in your body as a reminder of the path you have chosen. @thtattooproject #thetattooproject #tattoos

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@AlexandriaSOCI As far as I know it began when the world became more enthusiastic about science rather than philosophy as a science. Now, philosophers went from being the most respected to being the punchline of a joke. They are now diagnosed with mental illness (not that the concept exists)

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

Fun fact: did you know that psychiatrists diagnosing prominent philosophers with mental illness by reading their books? In doing so they render the work of these philosophers void. I suppose mental health diversity is not something our world appreciates #sad #ignorantpeople

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

When I was first told about #soci4072 I knew nothing about human reproduction besides the biology to a certain extent. Now I know that science is not objective, it reflects the society's norms and that led to many false assumptions about childbirth and women in general #class12

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This made my day. Good on these men who persisted to educate themselves regardless of their circumstances. https://t.co/n0RlPsFzaO

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Human genome project is still trying to make a breakthrough with the DNA and the chromosomes and yet this woman claims she knows it all #soci4072 #class11 : https://t.co/YoI5Bjggrg

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

#HumanGenomeProject is meant to identify the genes in the human DNA & that might lead to development in science, but it could also impact people's perception & further stigmatization. For example, Brazil imports caucasian sperm because of perceived privilege #soci4072 #class11

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It is great to see science trying to help women take control over their biology by things such as egg freezing, but really, why don't they try to prove its success rate and minimize the harm before completely screwing up women's bodies AGAIN? #soci4072

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

I just discovered that women can now print their expected baby form in 3D models (like an actual little baby except a printed one) instead of just having a picture. How would that change the experience of miscarriage for the mother? @gletherby @thtattooproject #SOCI4072

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

High-tech and high-touch should be seen as two sides of the same coin, they go together to help facilitate the grieving process of families that had lost a baby at any point during the pregnancy and birth experience #soci4072 @thtattooproject @gletherby

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

I recognize that cultural differences mean a lot but the injustice is evident. My aunt is condemned because she is unable to produce a child. She lacks the identity of a mother and now deals with cultural condemnation...talk about high-touch care, she receives none. #soci4072

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

As I was reading @thtattooproject's article "A technology of care: Caregiver response to perinatal loss", I couldn't help but think about my aunt who has been trying to get pregnant for 3 years now and had lost 5 babies already (they don't last more than 4 months) #soci4072

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

The internalization of certain beliefs is a dangerous process for the individual that holds them but even more dangerous when it affects the life of the other, this has happened with c-sections, women now see the internalization of others a luxury of theirs. #class9 #Soci4072

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

#callthemidwife is a TV show all #soci4072 are recommended to watch, prepare to see almost everything you have been reading unfold in front of you...I used the TV show to explain to my mother what our class is about and she began telling me about her autobiography!

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

Infertility is not God's condemnation of women, let us consider it an illness like any other and treat it as such. Unfortunately, doctors are condemned by religious figures for curing illnesses because they are acting to be God #soci4072 #class8

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

"Media reports tend to focus on single individuals, often extreme cases" (Inhorn & Patrizio, 2012, p.511) led to "moral condemnation." I was watching The Doctors, they were talking about the case of an old woman getting IVF in a condemning voice. #soci4072 #class8

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

@gletherby @thtattooproject What do you think the men’s reaction would be like if they were saved in fairytales? The only fairytales I can think of that have strong female presence are Mulan and Alice in Wonderland #SOCI4072 #class7 https://t.co/tByH1MZmBT

[Husman @Husman14]

This article demonstrates societal norms/‘expectations’ of being a women through fairytales, posing an interesting concept of switching roles. In relation to kimmel’s point on male ego, i would like to see how males react to the men being saved in fairytales #soci4072 #class7

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Are humans to be robotic in their emotional mechanism? Is the Canadian law against paid surrogacy a good preventative technique for the usage of women's bodies (reproductive organs) as a commodity? @gletherby @thtattooproject #soci4072 #class7

[Merna SOCI @MernaSoci]

"Our bodies actually BECOME infertility treatments" (Thompson, 2005, p.64) women's bodies ever since we can recall has been treated as a commodity for a consumer (men) public, advances in technology have brought that notion back with surrogacy #class7 #soci4072

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@AlexandriaSOCI A women's essences are seen to be related to that of fragility and ignorance, take for example the fairytales you don't like, women always depended on the man to survive. Tuana's article showed how society appropriated women's role into nothingness #soci4072 #class7 @gletherby