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[edit] What's with "Feminist" social work?
Is there something I don't know about half of the human race that it needs to be selected as somehow worthy or needful of social work consideration and presumably another half would not be? There are, perhaps, a variety of factors where males might have greater needs (certainly, there are females who would like them to "less like males," it appears), but it would appear that the various needs of the human race might be best addressed without reference to race, religion or gender.Homebuilding (talk) 02:33, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
- Social work is aimed at identifying and overcoming issues faced by various sectors of society. Issues and needs specific to women do exist (such as sexism, childbearing, domestic violence, etc.) and should be addressed, and their prevalence/severity has created a need for specific work with women. Work with men tends to differ and is often subsumed into other categories, though it is most definitely still present.
- The human race cannot be treated as one homogenous mass, especially not by social workers, because this will inevitably ignore the issues specific to a certain person or situation. Race, religion and gender play a vitally important part in who we are and contribute to our needs, so social workers must take this into account. 90.213.227.170 (talk) 22:53, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
- I forgot to mention, please also note that this page is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. I've responded to explain why feminist social work exists, as you appear to be lacking that information, not to enter into discussion of its merits. 90.213.227.170 (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
- The strongest of arguments could be made that matters of sexism, child-rearing, domestic violence and a host of other matters might be addressed in terms of not only "one homogeneous mass" but, clearly heterogenous groupings and individuals, as well. These are clearly matters pertaining to the entirety of the human race and the overly common game of "who gets to be the victim" is customarily of little help. The discussion pages are exactly the place to consider these matters--and it's a place to consider how the rest of the world, not just the west, addresses them.Homebuilding (talk) 17:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Professional associations
An editor has confused voluntary professional associations, unions, and regulatory agencies (are there really any of those?). These need to be clearly distinguished in the article and not comingled! They have very different functions. The remaining material needs checking. Student7 (talk) 14:31, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 19 century mood
The article contains information on Social work history from the 19th century. This was all tied in with their idea of "reformatories", a name that we have since dropped, alluding to the role of an institution to change its clientele. And "penitentiaries," a name which is still sometimes used, referring to the 19th century idea that a convict must "repent" his misdeeds. Both social work and prison ideas all came from the same concept that people at the bottom of the heap could be changed if they were only exposed to the right combination of discipline and education. Don't quite know how or if this should go into the article but it should probably go into some article! Student7 (talk) 00:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] re: user 188.221.54.72
please provide rationale for deletion of the portion of the Professional Associations section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothyjwood (talk • contribs) 19:44, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Psychiatric Social Work
Social workers provide the majority of psychotherapy services in the United States, yet the first few sentences of this article make no mention of psychotherapy and instead focus on macro-level social work practice and the concepts of social justice and social change. There should be more discussion of social work as one of the core mental health professions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.189.166 (talk) 03:54, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
