What we are learning in this unit, is dominant discourse. My definition of a dominant discourse is a conversation in wich anything goes, and there is a dominant side that most of the people agree with. The side with the dominance could be authoritys, or just plain people. There is no right answer until someone actually says something that everyone else agrees with, and they belive anything else is wrong. The problem is that only certain people are "allowed" to be taken seriously.
People who are given a chance by other people to set an example, and make good decisions that could help others are portrayed as dominant discourses. Say a doctor always tells you to eat healthy so that you will live longer. That doctor is listened to, because everyone thinks that a doctor is always right, and always knows what he or she is talking about. "He recalled a major breakfast gathering he attended several years ago: “I came in a bit late and was struck by the surreal image of senior scientists feeding on junk while discussing solutions to national nutritional problems." (New York Times- Doctor's orders: Eat Well to Be Well)That is exactly what most of the world doesn't know. Just because men and women dressed in white coats are called doctors, doesn't always mean they know what they are talking about.
Therefore this shows that people who believe that doctors are always trying to help you, and know what they are talking about, are wong. We fall into the trap of trusting people who don't enforce their own beliefs, and this is because they the doctors are one of the dominant discourses when it comes to food and health.
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