Penetrating damp is caused by water permeating through walls from the outside. It can occur at all levels of a building but is more prevalent higher up. It is possible for damp to move within walls but this horizontal movement differs from the vertical movement of rising damp.enetrating damp is caused by water permeating through walls from the outside. It can occur at all levels of a building but is more prevalent higher up. It is possible for damp to move within walls but this horizontal movement differs from the vertical movement of rising damp.
Sick role is a term used in medical sociology regarding sickness and the rights and obligations of the affected.It is a concept created by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in 1951.arsons was a functionalist sociologist, who argued that being sick means that the sufferer enters a role of 'sanctioned deviance'. This is because, from a functionalist perspective, a sick individual is not a productive member of society.
Role theory is a perspective in sociology and in social psychology that considers most of everyday activity to be the acting out of socially defined categories (e.g., mother, manager, teacher). Each social role is a set of rights, duties, expectations, norms and behaviours that a person has to face and fulfill. The model is based on the observation that people behave in a predictable way, and that an individualâs behavior is context specific, based on social position and other factors.