Essays on Sociology

According to essentialist concept racial groups have underlying essence that denote deep-rooted abilities, creativity and traits that cannot be altered. It is hypothesized that essentialist mindset is reluctant in considering other perspectives causing a generally closed mindset. Race as a social construct however shows that race is a socially constructed...

Analysis of Families using Symbolic Interaction Theory Over time, sociologists have employed different theoretical lenses or perspectives to analyze families. One of the most common types of theoretical perspectives used to analyze families is the symbolic interaction theory. The symbolic interaction theory has through the years been used to understand how...

Education is one of the main contributing factors to economic development and improved standards of living. The dynamic structure of the Australian economy raises the demand for a skilled and highly educated workforce. Despite the improvements in Australian education, some sectors of still find difficulty accessing education beyond the compulsory...

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...

Colucci, E., 2007. "Focus groups can be fun": The use of activity-oriented questions in focus group discussions. Qualitative Health Research, 17(10), pp.1422-1433. The author of this article explores methods that can be used by moderators of focus groups to improve the method and make it more efficient in collecting data. The...

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...

An intriguing observation that scientists have identified regarding human behavior is that the presentation of illness and disability tends to directly affect the manner in which people relate to the daily norms and rituals expected of them in the society. There are a broad range of issues that people often...

Pornification is the acceptance or rather normalizing of pornographic and sexual themes rotating in social media platforms. Today’s society living in an internet environment. It is slowly by slowly emulating and seeing it as normal for existence of sexual and pornographic sites that are all over the internet. Pornographic creations...

When I think of Anti-Semitism I think of the racism attitude and behavior hostile towards Jews for being Jewish. This racism is based on the prejudices and stereotypical views and beliefs of some people about Jews. The term Anti-Semitism was coined by Wilhelm Marr, a German publicist in 1879. Wilhelm brought...

Under the trend of globalization, businesses and organizations put increasing emphasis on their competitiveness overseas and international trade flourishes as a result. Some realize that the expansion of western dominance over the global market brings the constant import of western culture and ideas, changing the local culture. Scholars disagree with...

Gender differences are often associated with the sex differences. Some scholars assume that the actions of women and vary because of the variation in the functionality of their brains (Sammons, 2010). The assertion can be true considering the fact that women and men experience not only chromosomal differences, but also...

As theorized by American sociologist, Wright Mills, sociological imaginations entails thinking yourself out of the box, in deeper terms it necessitates one to think away from familiar routines of everyday life, looking at situations from an entirely new perspective. Understanding and exercising sociological imagination helps us understand the relationship between...