Category: Sociology

  • Concept of Free Woman

    Gone are the days when societies instilled fear in women while empowering the male species. There before, societies advocated for women should never aspire to be anything but subservient. Orders like women should not participate in decision-making were made to belittle and oppress women such that achieving, promoting, or influencing society remained a nightmare (Deitzer…

  • The Five Sexes & Biology and Ideology

    Table of Contents Introduction Analysis Conclusion References Introduction Articles under analysis address gender and sex issues that exist in modern Western society. According to Lorber (1992), it is gendered as constructed social categories on the basis of cultural and religious beliefs rather than biological differences that lead to physical and intellectual inequalities between women and…

  • Non-Violent Collective Action: Grassroots Change

    The essay is about how political and mass movements arise out of the contentions between the different political and social structures and traces the genealogy of Marxist and Post-Marxist struggles for social justice and fights against resource shortages and famines. The essay examines the Marxist concept of class struggle and why it did not yield…

  • Payment to Organ Donors: Why It Needs to Be Abandoned

    The act of sacrificing one’s own organs in order to save other people’s lives is one of the noblest acts of courage and selflessness that one can undertake. Therefore, the idea of offering a reward for the specified decision seems to be a rational thing to suggest. However, payments for organ donations must not be…

  • Apartment Living and Houseliving

    No matter where we stay whether in apt or house the ultimate goal is to find solace where you rest after a hard day’s work however there is a fundamental difference in the nature or essence of that solace. This difference is constructed on the basis of the choice of living status of an individual.…

  • Should Adoption Records Be Open Rather Than Sealed?

    First of all, I would like to point out that has been a long-going confusion regarding the meaning of Open Adoption Records as there are those out there who mistake it to mean the same thing as an Open Adoption. This is a glaring misconception that I feel has to be explained from the very…

  • Chinese Exclusion Act in Humanities and Literature

    The Chinese Exclusion Act put millions of people of Asian origins in an unjust situation in society. This event made a big impact on culture and became a major theme in Chinese literature of that time. Reflections of contemporary life by Asian American authors at the end of the nineteenth century provide insights into the…

  • Habitat for Humanity’s Program Evaluation

    Table of Contents Program description Three projects in the program The project of interest Works Cited Program description “Habitat for Humanity is an international Christian service organization which sends volunteers of all faiths all over the world to help low income individuals build homes.” (Smith para1). The volunteers recognize the poor people and help them…

  • Why Has the Canadian Economy Been Dependent on Both Skilled and Unskilled Immigrant Labour for the Last 150 Years?

    Considering the increased labor market ambiguity, it is vital to enhance the relevance of its allocation between different groups within the political and social context. The immigrants might increase the disproportional load of uncertainty and serve as the reserve stock in case of the employment rate disturbance. Furthermore, immigrant workers may be more inclined to…

  • Privilege Applied to Sexuality in the US

    Table of Contents Introduction The Privilege Difference Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Heterosexual privilege is a social assumption and norm claiming that all people are heterosexual. Fundamental civil rights and social privileges are automatically granted to a heterosexual person. At the same time, people of non-traditional orientation are systematically denied directly on the grounds of their…