Essays on Social Issues

Mental illness has long been in existence in our societies. It is an issue that has existed for a long time. People have often feared people with mental illness which is a perception among many laypeople. Based on medieval theory, mental illness is associated with evil spirits. Although it has...

Crime and its Socioeconomic and Political Gains Crime and criminal related activities have dominated the socioeconomic and political atmosphere since man became in existence. Adverse policies have been formulated and implemented, to include capital offenses, but the vice proves dominant. Even though the society associates crime with negative connotations, they have...

“Class” in Marxist terms, is defined as portraying a person objectively, based on  one's relationship to the methods of goods production. One either has ownership of the means of production, in which case they are with the bourgeoisie, or the ones who have to sell their work, in which case...

Interactionalism and the Halo Effect Interactionalism is a theoretical perspective that uses human interaction to derive social processes; the halo effect is a cognitive bias where ambiguous judgment is deduced from concrete information. Chambliss uses the theories to analyze different experiences of the saints and the roughnecks in accordance with the...

Physical attractiveness and employment Physical attractiveness and beauty have become an asset and talent when it comes to being employed. Like any other jobs, careers like modeling use these assets because it's mostly required for success. Other careers that don't require beauty including being a doctor and engineering as expected requires...

The Problem of Sexism Against Men The term sexism has been used for a long term to mean a tendency of discrimination or stereotyping against women based on their gender, but in my opinion, this definition has left out an important aspect of male sexism. Apparently, in the current world, the...

It is said that it is better to learn from other people’s mistakes as opposed to struggling your own. While the statement has some truth in it, it is unfortunate that curiosity pushes an individual into doing things that result in negative consequences. Life is a journey full of lessons...

A social issue: Poverty in Australia A social issue is defined as a problem which influences a considerable number of people within the society. It is mostly the consequences of various factors that are beyond individual control. Poverty is an example of a social issue that has human rights effect and...

The Debate on Children Obeying Their Parents The position that children should always obey their parents is highly debatable because of the many factors that determine the success of their relationship. To guarantee the success of obeying the societal norms and national laws, children have been socialized in a manner that...

Sociologists use three perspectives to study the society. These are symbolic interactionist, functionalist and conflict perspective. The perspectives suggest a platform for explaining how people influence the society and vice versa (Schaefer 13-16). Symbolic interactionist perspective uses face to face interactions and guides sociologists to contemplate symbols and details of...

Impact of Technology and Mass Media Over the past years, the advancement in technology and the rise of mass media have greatly impacted the normalization of pornography. The display of sexual acts as well as sexually explicit materials is increasingly shifting from the traditional status of being a taboo to an...

Cool refers to something dangerous, original, a style and always related to sex. The feminist movement has always been cool throughout history. Some of the feminist movements that represented cool in the 90s include the Riot Grrl and the spice girls among many others.  Feminists usually ascribe to girl power...