Module 5: Silencing Occupations

Question 1

Define “non-sanctioned” occupations

Answer 1

Occupations that tend to be viewed as unhealthy, immoral, abnormal, illegal, etc.

Question 2

What 4 forces/processes influence whether occupations are deemed acceptable or unacceptable?

Answer 2

1. Hegemony
2. Social sanctioning
3. Deviance
4. Resistance

Question 3

What is hegemony?

Answer 3

The dominant group’s social norms/rules being valued and internalized as “normal” & the imposition of these norms on all other groups

Question 4

What is the function of social sanctioning?

Answer 4

It is used as a tool to control/manipulate behavior so that it aligns with hegemonic norms

Question 5

How does social sanctioning reward conformist behaviors?

Answer 5

Praise, acceptance, approval & access

Question 6

How does social sanctioning punish non-comformity?

Answer 6

Shame, isolation, violence, incarceration

Question 7

What is erased by labeling behaviors outside of the hegemonic norms as “deviance”?

Answer 7

The existence of those who engage in these occupations & the possibility of understanding said occupations

Question 8

What is Resistance?

Answer 8

Acts of opposition in response to dominant ideologies

Question 9

What does Resistance Work aim to do?

Answer 9

Disrupt the hegemony and transform the power structure

Question 10

True or False: All occupations should be sanctioned

Answer 10

False. They should not all be sanctioned, but they should all be acknowledged and their situatedness explored so that they may be better understood

Question 11

True or False: Social sanctions change over time and are socio-politically & culturally bound

Answer 11

True! And they can exist from a societal level to a social-group level

Question 12

What kinds of minds/bodies does ableism teach us have value?

Answer 12

Healthy, strong, sane, intelligent

Question 13

What kinds of minds/bodies does ableism teach us should be fixed/erased?

Answer 13

Sick, weak, “crazy”, dumb

Question 14

What are 4 facets of systemic oppression?

Answer 14

1. Becomes ingrained through policy
2. Is invisible to the dominant group
3. The marginalized group cannot live/work/be healthy/ have QofL
4. Maintains the status quo

Question 15

In the _______ Model of Disability, the person represents the problem, whereas in the ______ Model of Disability, disabling socio-cultural beliefs & services are the problem

Answer 15

Medical

Social