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Write a brief reaction/summary about social influences on women's mental health
SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH
We are all know womens are very sensitive when compared to men. Mainly there is two reasons for this sensitivity.
1.Biologically they are very sensitive
2.Womens are strongly repressed by mens.
For these two reasons womens are strongly susceptible to the social influences.
SOCIAL INFLUENCES:
1.Religious factors
2.Cultural factors
3.Family support
6.Gender discrimination
5.Healthcare
6.Poverty
1.RELIGIOUS FACTORS:
These are the main factors controlling mental health of women. From childhood women are controlled in religious manner by their parents. They don’t allow girls to go outside, Think against parents, expressing their thoughts etc., Girls will repressed by parents in religious manner . These repression settled at the Frued’s subconcious and leads their view of the world.
Sometimes religious rules not suitable to natural conditions like sex, wearning some type of clothes etc., The repression of these desires results worst perspective on world and causes mental problems in womens
2.CUlTURAL FACTORS:
Vygot sky’s sociocultural theory states that culture influences our menatal health in significantly. These are different for different cultures influences mental health of women’s. Cultures draws boarderlines to many actions performed by the women. If they crossed that boarders they will face social rejectance. That’s why they live in their lines by repressing their desires results mental health problems
3.FAMILY SUPPORT:
Family supports plays key role in mental health. If parents gave freedom of speech and expression, then women’s grow psychologically. Otherwise they will face inferiority complex results Antisocial, paranoid, schizoid, borderline etc.,
4.GENDER DESCRIMINATION:
This is the most basic factor that influences women’s mental health. Seeing women as less capable when compared to men is called Gender descrimination. Results inferiority complex in womens and leads their thoughts and actions negatively.
5. HEALTHCARE:
Biological and psychological factors are correlated factors that psychological problems influences body actions and biological problems influences psychological thoughts . If parents and caregivers are failed at looking their health results psychological problems.
6.POVERTY:
Lack of economical freedom causes repress many biological and psychological desires. These desires are setteled at subconcious leads womens thoughts and actions in negative way.