Reflections Writing

Running Head: REFLECTION 2 1

REFLECTION 2 2

MADS6645: Marketing Social Change

Reflection

Prof. Rajesh Kumar

Aakanksha Karingula

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Objective

For this reflection I choose to elaborate on the quote “if you really loved me you would ...” educational manuals techniques and the videos accompanying which create curricula for programs like H and M known as the social technologies. This concept was developed by Institute Promundo, define as “all educational material, methodological procedures or tested techniques, validated and with a proven social impact created with the aim of solving a social problem” (Instituto Promundo, 2008c). this quote means that there has been creation of social technologies through some known programs which have been brough about to solve a problem facing the society like HIV transmission. Where the women and girls have been to a high risk of getting infected as compared to men.

Reflective

This brings a reflection of how youths of this generation are most vulnerable to contracting HIV. Many women especially those not formally educated don’t understand the need of the use of contraceptives that would prevent the HIV transmit ion from their partners to them. Many youths in the name of youths don’t learn behaviors in isolation which mean that youths wouldn’t grow if let to stay at their parent’s homes has also led to many of them getting exposed to this problem in the society.

Where the female gender is exposed to more norms of the society compared to the male gender. The female gender has less power when it comes to controlling their partners on faithfulness and use of protection terms hence exposing them to more risk. In my youth age I had a colleague brought up by her parents with restrictions of not having social interactions.

She wouldn’t have time to learn of the world as she wasn’t exposed to any program that would educate her on how she would tackle some life issues. As a result, once her parents were off tried to utilize the opportunity well in the name of freedom that exposed her contracting the virus. Similarly, male child treated the same will automatically respond the same to the situation.

Giving the youth the freedom to interact to the outside world will enhance a better tomorrow. It will result to changes and bring about a society with healthier relations and a strong culture as “Youth men don’t learn in isolation” hence reducing the risk of viral infection and enhancing more programs to guide the society and some social technologies to aid in the same.

Interpretive

This to me meant that one’s behavior was not responsible for social problems in the society. Whether literate or illiterate, exposed or isolated that wouldn’t affect to the change of some of the social problems in the society.

From the quote is quite evident that social problems are caused by some level of literacy as one will be able to understand when something is done out of love or not. “if you really loved me you would have … “could be it referred to you would have used protection to prevent the partner from contracting the disease. When one is aware of the methods, they would use to prevent it then they are able to advocate for the same hence solving the problem facing the society.

If young men would be exposed and not isolated, they would learn aspects of the society, the culture making them bold on what is expected of them thus controlling them in right direction.

From the idea the educational techniques accompanying videos, and manuals have been brought about to solve these social problems by educating the people in the society on how best they would respond to matters to reduce the risk of exposure.

Decisional

In my profession as a psychological counsellor, I will educate the mass on how they can best adhere to matters. For instance, to women and girls who are of lesser voice in the society, I will ensure I address the prevention needs and the consequences that may befall them. With this the risk of them being exposed to social problems from their partners.

I will advocate for the use social technologies whose impact is set to solve social problems. This platform is of great help as they teach the society on a wider view of what the society holds. Explain the techniques, the methodological procedures in performing the task.

Call for young men to be exposed to the society for them to learn more on what the culture requires and have a sense of freedom. When in their parent’s homes they are not in a position to learn as they would on interacting with their peers.

References

Introne, J., Laubacher, R., Olson, G., & Malone, T. (2013). Solving wicked social problems with socio-computational systems. KI-Künstliche Intelligenz, 27(1), 45-52.

Ghanotakis, E., Peacock, D., & Wilcher, R. (2012). The importance of addressing gender inequality in efforts to end vertical transmission of HIV. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 15, 17385.

Lawan, U. M., Amole, G., GamboJahun, M., & EneAbute, J. (2015). Psychosocial challenges and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive adolescents attending an ART center in Kano, northwestern Nigeria. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, 4(10), 1439-1445.