Essays on Sociologists

Introduction

A family is a residential unit in the society. Gender roles are a significant contributor to family dynamics. They establish stability in the family. Since the past, it has been known that the man is the breadwinner of the household and the women are the caregivers. In the recent past, this aspect has drastically changed. Today women have become empowered to attain a status almost equal to that of men. They have dared to live an independent lifestyle and support the men in some cases. Some men on the other do not consider the importance of family in the ...

Sexual activity: Biastophilia

Biastophilia, referring to rape, represents the act of assaulting another person sexually without their consent. The victim experiences a surprise attack and continuous violent assault from a stranger as he or she struggles to attain organism and facilitated by an independent sexuoerotic arousal (Fierman 458). Biastophilia happens in different social contexts depending on the intention, social status, mental status, and the prevailing environmental factors. The following paper discusses the Biastophilia in two different social contexts. The first context represents a husband raping her wife (also referred to as marital Biastophilia) while the second context represents a mentally ill person ...

The American society is full of different ethnicities and races. However, every ethnicity aims for better life and understanding between each other. For achievement of these goals, the better solution may be found as education. Though, it is a very complicated and controversial issue. Hence, every ethnicity has different perspectives of the process of obtaining the education. On the other hand, it should be mentioned that the opportunities for getting an education are not equal. Therefore, this inequality forms a level of education among the popularity of the USA. This issue has been deeply investigated among the sociologists and ...

Introduction

Sociology is one of the subjects or courses offered by diverse universities all over the world, proving only of its importance. It is also evident that different experts propose using sociology in solving some of the most pressing concerns of today’s world; such as, war, criminality, poverty, and other social problems. Hence, it is necessary to understand why this subject is very important. In order to come-up with such an understanding, the varying definitions and significance of sociology must be known first.

The Many Definitions of Sociology

Sociology has found diverse applications in the world and the diversity of its applications has somehow ...

Abstract

The following examines Mexican American and African-American cultures and the ways that these two cultures interact the dominant white culture in the United States. While on the surface these two cultures might seem to have much in common (given that they are frequently discriminated against minorities in the United States), in point of fact they are very different in the ways that they assimilate into American culture. Anthropologists and sociologists have traditionally used words like “integration” and “acculturation” to describe the process in which immigrant cultures ultimately blend in to (and accommodate themselves to) the dominant culture of the ...

Women and gender studies

Gender studies - the practice of interdisciplinary research using the cognitive capabilities of the social theory of sex (gender) for the analysis of social phenomena and its changes. The psychoanalyst Robert Stoller worked at the University of California he has introduced into science the term "gender" in 1958, which means social manifestations of belonging to a sex or a "social sex". In 1963, Robert Stoller spoke at a psychoanalytic congress in Stockholm. He presented a report on the gender self-awareness. His concept was based on the separation into biological and culture study of sex. The scientist believed that sex ...

How the Internet enables intimacy

In her speech “How the Internet enables intimacy”, Stefana Broadbent identifies a new phenomenon in a modern social communications. Nowadays, with progression with modern communications channels such as email, cell phones, social media and instant messages, the communication between the closest friends and relatives penetrates the domains of people’s lives that had previously imposed isolation - schools, hospitals, workplaces, offices and factories. Ms. Broatbent gives this phenomenon a name of “democratization of intimacy”. Technology revolution in communication channels and emergence of mobile phones, smartphones, instant messengers and social media like Facebook, greater penetration of broadband, 3G and 4G ...

Abstract

In the minds of many citizens and people across the globe the U.S. army is seen as a powerful machine that produces strong characters, devoted hearts and brave men. However, they are also human, and deep psychological problems develop while military men are exposed to wartime realities and massive killings. The problem of suicide in the army is a high-profile health problem that is complex and poorly studied. Military suicide is becoming a number one public concern as it puts a question of what are the real causes of suicides and how they can be prevented. The causes and ...

Chang, N.-Y., & Liou, T.-Y. (2009). A study of Latino parenting culture and practices: listening to the voices of Latino parents. Hsiuping Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 12, 1-36. Retrieved from http://ir.hust.edu.tw/bitstream/310993100/1599/1/12-01.pdf The article studies culture and practices of childrearing in Latino families. As the authors write, “Traditional Latino parents, in general, may have more rigid parenting values compared to their Caucasian counterparts” (Chang & Liou, 2009, p. 1). The conducted study is based on the qualitative research. First, the authors provide a complete literature review regarding the main values of Latin culture and historical background of their living in ...

Context of Globalization

Context of Globalization

Introduction

This paper examines how the concept of globalization is useful in comprehending changes in our society, and also explores how neoliberalism has driven the direction of these transformations. It discusses the notion of globalization, historical concepts that led to social changes and philosophical tenets that form neoliberalism.

Globalization is a term which explains transformations in the economy, politics, culture and social aspects around the world. The concept of globalization eliminates geopolitical boundaries between countries and promotes the global movement of products, services, and labor. Although many sociologists have explored the idea of globalization, they have not ...

The sociological perspective is a term that explains the sociological way of viewing human behavior in society. Sociologists use this in order to define, understand, and solve problems within our society. The sociological perspective helps sociologists understand what is going on in our society in terms of growth, deviance, unification, and stratification. It also helps them how common problems like crime could be solved. Furthermore, the sociological perspective helps sociologists to understand where we have been, in order to help us understand where we are now. Sociologists always build upon the foundations of what was learned before. The three ...

Challenges of Multiculturalism

In a world with a large number of issues undergoing the complicated process of resolving like racial and gender discrimination, it is of no wonder that heated debates and arguments have been happening in all corners of the society. Philosophers, sociologists and even functionalists have mustered up enough grounds to curiously question the origins and possible answers to these arguments. Moralists like the famous teacher-student duo, Socrates and Plato, have stimulated the intelligent minds of the people regarding the morals and virtues concerning the significance of the challenges that discrimination presents. Sociologists like Karl Marx and Max Weber have ...

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Introduction

Food insecurities have existed since the beginning of time, but only since the development of structured society has the issue of poverty (i.e. lack of financial resources) been recognized as one of the underlying causes responsible for hunger, malnourishment, and subsequent death. Sociologists have spent years of research and exploration dedicated to understanding the intricacy of different societies, what components make them successful, and what shortcomings lead to their eventual collapse. Through this sociological analysis, we will explore three major social theories and their effectiveness in explaining why food insecurities still exist in modern, developed ...

Question One. Many sociologists have developed contrasting theories based on their understandings of the ways that people interact. All sociologists understand social philosophy differently, and Cooley, Mead and Goffman have all contributed differently to the issue of social interaction between people in every society. While certain theories are more controversial, and all are based on different understandings, each has its own important place in an overall understanding of human interaction and behavior. These sociological perspectives can be used to frame and understand human and societal behavior. Understanding these theories gives researchers a basis to understand how self and identity ...

Bourdieu’s Concepts of Capital and Habitus and Contemporary Class Differences

Introduction Since 1986 when Bourdieu published his book with the concepts of cultural capital and habitus, many social changes have happened, primarily driven by changes in technology and new ways of interactions. For instance, compared to thirty years ago, it is now easier to break the glass ceiling of social stratification because there is a bigger social spread. Many rich people interact with people from humble backgrounds on the internet, and, since the class is not the first thing that comes up when these relations start, people from higher classes discover that they are interacting with people from the ...

Application Paper

I have learnt about individual and society, and came to know that everyday feelings, activities, actions, and thoughts of an individual are a result of complex interaction between many social forces and characteristics of an individual at personal level. Sociological imagination is a capability of considering influence of social forces on personal lives of individuals. There are three major types of rules in every society, which are norms, values, and mores. Rules can be in the written form, or they can be just known. However, people individuals who break unwritten rules are called deviants, while those who are involved ...

Over the last few decades, the level of economic inequality has significantly increased, especially in the OECD countries (John 7). Essentially, the top earning population has acquired a large share of the overall gains in income. Fundamentally, there has been an increasing consensus that major assessment on the level of economic performance should not be based solely on income growth, but the distribution of income. Such assessments are highly concerned with the level of both economic and income inequality. Economic inequality measurements have numerous dimensions, and economists view it in terms of monetary assessments related to incomes for individual ...

Introduction

This is one of the landlocked nations that border Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia. The dominant language spoken in Botswana is the Set swana. Botswana was colonized by the British government and attained its independence in 1966 (Dollar, David and Roberta 11). The country appreciates and respects non-ethnic citizenship; it also promotes the concept of liberal democracy among its citizens. Women empowerment or the place of a woman has not only been a major issue of discussion in Botswana, but also in other parts of Africa. In most African nations, women do not possess equal socio-economic opportunities as ...

Analysis

Abstract Human attitudes towards people from different ethnic groups is one of the subjects that has been of interest to sociologists. Sociologists have studied the subject for a long time on various aspects. This study seeks to explore the impact of a person’s ethnicity on their attitudes towards persons of various ethnic groups. Specifically the study answered two key questions. Firstly, whether people have implicit negative attitudes towards certain races. Secondly, whether there is any interaction between people ethnicity and their attitudes towards specific races. The study used a single sample t-test and one-way ANOVA to answer the ...

In January 2015, two persons attacked “Charlie Hebdo”, a renowned French satirical weekly newspaper. It turned out later that the attackers were Al-Qaeda jihadist - born and raised in France. Instantaneously, the mass media including TV, Internet (Social Media), and newspaper started broadcasting and publishing videos and images related with the horrible incident. People all around the world showed their support to the victims and their families by honoring them with tributes and also arranged peaceful demonstrations against terrorist activities. The gravity of the event reached the desired threshold for the formation of another international coagulation against the new ...

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Theories were developed over the years, as researchers and sociologists tried to explain the reasons why there is crime within the communities. These theories include the social bonds theory, the self-control theory, the power control theory, the control balance theory, the differential coercion theory, and the social support theory. Based on the theories, there are five realities behind the causation of crime: (1) that crime is caused by weakening bonds to the society; (2) that crime is the effect of having low self-control; (3) that crime is caused by occupational patriarchy; (4) that it is caused by the roles ...

In today's world everyone is a part of society and has several social roles, directly interacting with other people. A modern democratic society has gradually become civilian. This citizen is not just a person who has legal rights and responsibilities, but also attained a certain level of consciousness. This is a person who deliberately applies to himself, his place in society actively participating in public and political life. The concept of a person is used to characterize the inherent qualities of all the people and abilities. A single representative of the human race, a particular carrier is an individual ...

In the 21st century, climate change has emerged as one of the main threats to the environmental wellbeing of earth as a planet and the ecosystems. The National Academy of Sciences, in its 2009 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change stated that “Climate change is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. Therefore, humans are under a challenge to formulate guidelines, practices and behavioural standards that ensure that economic opportunities and improve quality of life are available to the human population in the long run and also climate and eco-systems are sustainably maintained. Notably, climate change and in ...

Segregation is something that has literally separated people throughout history and as the world moves towards a more global and diverse model, the spread of anti-segregation initiatives follow. In a country as developed as the United States of America, and one that has led the way in stifling racial tensions since the Civil Rights Movements of the 1970’s, it seems absurd to think that in today’s racially and ethnically diverse society that these are still problems with segregation. The fact is, not only does segregation exist around the world in less developed countries, but it is something ...

A prolific writer and researcher, the publications and theories proposed by Kay Deaux have impacted the field of sociology since the 1970s. While Deaux has not published a biography, she did give a fairly extensive interview to Anne Rutherford discussing her life in relation to her body of work (Deaux, 2010). By coordinating her biographical background with her research, it is possible to draw broad conclusions concerning the evolution of her interests and the influences of her life experiences. Kay Beaux was born in Warren, Ohio in 1941 and grew up in a Cleveland neighborhood that she describes as “ ...

During the 1990s that the Hispanic American community in the U.S. began increasing at almost four times the rate at which the country’s entire population figures were rising mainly due to the influx of immigrants and the high birth rate of the Hispanic community already present there. It is this statistic that has led sociologists to predict that in the next five decades, Hispanic Americans that are a minority today will account for almost half of the American population. In addition to being one of the fastest growing ethnic minorities, Hispanic Americans are also predominantly young, and thanks ...

SOCIAL INTERVENTION.

Introduction. Social work is a discipline or a profession that is practiced by qualified sociologists. It involves seeking to facilitate the wellbeing of individuals, communities or even societies (Siporin, 1975). Social work enhances social change, cohesion, empowerment, and development. Social work is interconnected with social justice, Human rights, and respect for diversities. It involves the provision of social welfare in order to alleviate the economic and social problems that people face. Such difficulties include health care, education, and food security (Sach, 2003). A sociologist connects people and structures so as to tackle the challenges of life and promote the ...

Deviant behavior does not adhere to the cultural norms and social accepted norms (Akers, 2011). Deviance comprises of behavior that violates expectations and standards of conduct of a group or society. Crime is one of the forms of deviance. In this paper, crime has been described as major type of deviance. Crime is considered as an act of deviance because in crime norm as well as law is broken. Crime as deviant behavior can be minor or it can be major such as it can be picking an individual’s nose or it can be commitment of murder. There ...

Introduction

This essay will investigate the definition of deviance in society from a sociological perspective. It will then define what it means to be socially deviant. This essay will go onto investigate what impacts deviance has on society. This essay will conclude that for some sociologists, deviance performs a necessary function in society that help establish and reaffirm our social norms, and can help us fix the problems within it The term deviance in sociology refers to an act that violates the standard social norms in a society (White et al, 2000). Succinctly it is a transgression of any kind ...

Sociology is a complex field of study that looks at many different aspects of the world we live in. Sociologists may study society as a whole, or study the social lives of individuals, groups, and societies. They might also consider behavior of humans, from individual contacts with strangers, to the intricacies of global interactions. The study of sociology involves looking at how large groups interact with each other with an eye toward making everything equal. It also ties together several other disciplines such as history, psychology, and economics . Sociologists use three different methods to study society. This section looks ...

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The City Abstract Today, the family is one of the issues that is widely discussed among the society and sociologists, as it is the phenomenon that is very hard to define in the modern day society. The purpose of this report is to provide the critical view on contemporary issues of the family that include, first of all, the status of traditional family types like the nuclear and extended families, and, secondly, to understand the concept of family diversity in the British society. Another purpose of this paper is to identify factors and changes that contribute or influence family ...

Science is a word that is commonly used to mean a group of cultural values that govern scientific activities, or some accumulated knowledge that come from the application of scientific methods. Values, on the other hand, are personal preferences or judgments regarding what people consider being either right or wrong or what is liked or disliked. Many scientists have the conceived notion that science deals with facts and not values and that it is objective while values are not. But the sociologists of science have challenged the scientists’ belief in science being value-free hence raising questions regarding science and ...

Analysis of the Book "The Medicalization of Society" By Peter Conrad

The Main Author's Arguments Peter Conrad, the author of the book "The Medicalization of Society," conducts a study of the most common problems of the modern society, which essence and nature have changed and obtained a medical character over the past 10-20 years. In other words, the author examines the social problems that have become the diagnoses at the beginning of the 21st century, though they were not related to medicine even a decade ago. At the very beginning of the book, Conrad emphasizes the investigated phenomenon, claiming that his analysis is connected only with the social connotations of ...

Gender Roles in the Same Sex-Marriage

Introduction The issue of same-sex parenting is has been hotly debated and subjected to different views. Some people argue that partners in same-sex marriages should be allowed to raise children while others are of the contrary opinion. Nevertheless, it is now clear that the issue of same-sex parenting tends to move from the obscured fringes to what seems like the rolling center of the family-policy debate (Meezan & Rauch, 2005). The issues surrounding parent-child relationships in same-sex marriages are many. Ranging from the identity of the children to the division of gender roles, the same-sex parents tend to face challenges ...