Equality, Diversity and Rights Discriminatory practice in health and social care, P2&P3&M1 Discrimination bases on factors like culture, disabilities, age, social class, gender, sexuality, health status, family status, cognitive ability etc. It can be practiced in many ways including infringement of rights, covert or overt abuse of power, stereotyping, abuse, bullying, prejudice and labelling, basically anything that involves the giving of unfair treatment to people based on above factors and personal opinions. If a person is discriminated against it can cause a detrimental effect like low self-esteem, negative behaviour (criminality, depression or aggression), marginalisation and disempowerment etc. Prejudice refers to beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes that someone holds about a group or an individual. A prejudice is not based on experience; instead, it is a prejudgment, forming from outside of actual experience or knowledge.
Discuss the factors that contribute to prejudice and discrimination and identify some techniques for reducing the development of prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice and discrimination have been prevalent throughout human history. Prejudice has to do with a negative attitude held by a person about members of a particular group, while discrimination refers to behaviors directed differently against people because of prejudice toward the social group they belong to. Prejudice is the attitude and discrimination is the behavior that can result from the attitude. Discrimination can be controlled by laws, but the prejudicial attitude can’t be easily controlled.
Violation of norms refers to any behaviour which is deemed socially unacceptable. This has a tendency of being rather ambiguous however, because what is acceptable in some societies can be most unacceptable in others, and cultural differences may apply as well. For example, in some cultures arranged marriages are the norm, however, in more western cultures; this is frowned upon by society. Personal distress is when a person’s behaviour causes them harm or distress. Mental disorders such as anxiety and depression fall into this category of abnormal behaviour, as the person’s behaviour affects their emotions and feelings.
Consent may not be given due to the individual possibly not having the capacity to understand what is going on, they may not wish to consent to it, or they may feel threatened due to the other person being in a position of trust. * Emotional/psychological abuse- Emotional abuse would be where an individual’s mental well-being is being damaged. This can be through the use of threats, humiliation, bullying, swearing and other verbal conduct, which results in mental or physical distress. It also includes the denial of basic human civil rights, such as choice, self-expression, privacy and dignity. * Financial abuse- Financial abuse is the theft or misuse of an individual’s money or personal possessions to the advantage of another person.
When a bystander does decide to get involved, they could be taking a big risk. There could be legal consequences, such as a doctor trying to help someone and they perform the wrong means necessary and now facing a law suit against them. “The intervening bystander may find himself confronted with the agent of disaster…” (Latane and Darley, 1970, p79). The bystander feels that if he gets himself involved, he then is endangering himself with the risk of the attacker then attacking him, or getting himself hurt then making the situation worse than making it better. He may become ridiculed by his peers for allowing himself to become acknowledged of the situation in the first place because it was “their problem” and he “shouldn’t have got involved.” Also, the bystander does not feel obligated or reinforced to help because a “hero” does not receive
Some may say that hurting someone’s feelings or insulting someone’s sensibility. Harm can be also defined as hurting someone by being a bad example. Clearly there are limitations to this principle. Mill believed that an individual can harm him/herself as long as he/she does not cause harm to anyone else. The controversy comes in here because a person can harm themselves which can affect other people connected to the individual.
TASK 1- P2 and P3: PESENTATION ON DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AND ITS POTENTIAL EFFECT ON THOSE WHO USE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES Introduction Discrimination is defined as the act of treating a person or a group of people differently and unfairly. In this assignment, I am going to do a presentation about discrimination, the types of discrimination and their potential effects it can in the service user as well as the service provider. The basis of discrimination can be either direct or indirect. Direct discrimination involves being treated less than others on the grounds of either racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation. Indirect discrimination on the other hand occurs where the effect of certain requirements, conditions or practices imposed by an employer or education provider has an adverse impact disproportionately on one group or other unless they have a reason to justify it.
Another interesting consideration is sexual orientation stereotypes. These stereotypes happen when you have negative views on homosexuals, lesbians and transgender people. People who have these negative views are often known as homophobic. Stereotyping is wrong and hurts people. Interestingly enough, if the stereotype is correct in some cases, it can disrupt people’s lives with preconceived perceptions that can halt their success.
When it comes to groups, social influences have generated some common biases. Social biases can be very damaging and can hinder interaction between people. (Fiske, 2010). As you read on, this paper will define the concept of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. Next, this paper will explain the difference between subtle and biatant bias.
Instead of adding to your problems try fixing it. Determine if you are violating a person's emotional boundaries. This can include attacking anything about who a person is. Some examples of this would include a person's looks, sexual orientation and gender. Even if it is meant in jest, violating this boundary can be hurtful (Lampert, L. (2011, April 30).