Week 3 Weekly Reflection Due 8.20.21 at midnight

Please answer the following questions in 1-3 sentences each:

1. This week you read a historical analysis and watched a video about how hormones are being used to evaluate the gender of Olympic athletes. What is something that you think hasn't changed about biomedical efforts to determine sex since the discovery of steroid hormones? What is something that you think might be different now?
2. In lecture, we talked about how viewers decode pharmaceutical ads to understand their messages about illness and gender. Khloé Kardashian has worked worked with drug company Biohaven to advertise their migraine medication Nurtec ODT in video commercials Links to an external site. and sponsored posts Links to an external site. on social media. How do these different mediums influence how a viewer might decode, and thus take a different message away from, each ad? Do you think social media influencers should use their platforms to advertise specific pharmaceutical drugs? Why or why not?
3. What is one thing we covered this week that you would like to learn more about?
4. How are you doing as a person this week?
5. Do you have any other questions or concerns for me now?