Category: Sociology

21st Century has been marked by an unending debate on whether the public can have the knowledge and expertise to make decisions that would positively implicate their lives. Psychiatrists, mathematicians, business and economics scholars have tried to point out their positions which, eventually, have been met by resistance. However, one position remains common in both…

Table of Contents Summary of the Readings Reflection/Understanding of the Material Reactions, Opinions, and Thoughts on the Material References Summary of the Readings Author’s Main Point The novel Corrigedora by Jones (1987) is a harrowing tale of sexual slavery of women in the hands of their white masters. The story, which is set in twentieth-century…

The Aboriginal inclusion interview was conducted with Vanessa, the child’s mother. Qualifying questions were asked to determine the applicant’s competence in supporting and engaging the child with the Aboriginal community. The applicant talked about participation in Aboriginal networks, affirmation of the child’s Aboriginal identity, and the child’s understanding of family ties. The woman was also…

Summary of the Readings Authors’ Main Point Chapter 2 of the text focuses on how the institutionalization of differences in gender, race, and socioeconomic status, among others, perpetuates class privilege and disparity. The main argument centers on the social construction of hierarchical dissimilarities, creating normalized unequal and advantaging systems that are oppressive to women and…

Table of Contents Introduction History of Usage Current Usage Conclusion Works Cited Introduction In the eighties, the United States of America and several other Western countries felt the emergence of a new concept and wave. It was the eruption of the term political correctness. Atkinson (n.d) defines political correctness as the “communal tyranny that …led…

Table of Contents Introduction Conformity Deviance Conclusion Introduction People are social animals and usually like to be associated with a group. All societies in time develop some accepted behaviours, norms that they use to determine those or the expected behaviours, while deviance means to abide by the expected behaviours in the society. Neither conformity nor…

Even though some people may regard the negative assessment of a younger generation that appears in social media feed as faulty, they are partially correct. There is, indeed, a significant generation gap between people who lived in the 1960s and the people entering their twenties today. There also is substantial evidence that people of one…

Nowadays, the planet is in permanent danger of cataclysms. The glaciers are thawing owing to the consequences of global warming, and some areas of the earth are regularly exposed to acid rain. Other threats are human-induced hazards such as terrorism, war, and dictatorship. Considering all of this, mankind, and particularly those working in the critical…

Table of Contents Introduction Background Social Issues Caused Emotional Issues Associated with Toys Other Issues Concluding Remarks Works Cited Introduction Human beings are not born with their character traits and life preferences as both these factors are formed in the process of socialization and education of every particular individual. In the light of the numerous…

Human beings are social animals, which means that they exhibit social traits in addition to their biological needs and functions. Such a trait is unification and existence within a society where people are constantly interacting with each other. The necessity of this interaction leads to both positive and negative manifestations, as follows from the offered…