Essays on Sociology

Choi, P. (2010). Genes and gender roles: Why is the nature argument so appealing? Psychology, Evolution & Gender. The author of this article notes that sex differences results in variation in behaviors. He argues that most of the observed differences in behaviors are as a result of genetic and evolutionary factors....

Sociologists agree that education shapes the successful future life of students. Without knowledge, a person cannot get a well-paying job or make informed decisions in his/her daily life. Education sector of countries all over the world work round the clock to ensure that illiteracy gets diminished. Educated people are productive...

Introduction Although most of our contemporary societies strive towards being egalitarian societies where equality for all dominates, the actual situation on the ground is often not the case. An observation through most societies reveals a polarized structure whereby the population is segmented along the lines of socially defined characteristics of individuals...

There have been many cases of people being defensive of their cultures and races where people try to appropriate them. A section of individuals has interpreted the increased level of protest against appropriation and defense of one's culture as being people in the modern day being “easily offended.” The paper...

The world is changing and becoming more diverse. Globalization has encouraged the movement of people into different parts of the world away from their home countries. The American society, for example, consists of people from different nationalities, numerous races and ethnic communities, distinct sexual orientations, and a variety of skills. The...

Who were the students in your brainstorming group? Date and time of brainstorming session: What did you bring to discuss with the group at this session? What feedback did you receive? I shared a clip from YouTube (CNN) showing two contradicting footage on Michael Brown, a victim of police...

In the contemporary society, the media feeds the public with numerous forms of news, current affair discussions, images of people and places, as well events happening all across the world (Holliday, Kullman, Gaither, 2017). There has been an essentialist view on the Black community, especially the Black male...

The Davis-Moore Thesis and Social Stratification The majority societies throughout history have been created for the purpose of giving equitable and greater power to citizens. However, the economic and social subgroups of the established systems end up experiencing a less egalitarian shift. Political classes, as well as social classes, are formed...

Body Image and Society's Expectations Body image of a woman is defined by her negative or positive perception. The bodies image is influenced by the facial characteristics, body shape, and overall appearance. In this new era, the media has the power to control women's idea of a good body which ends...

In Where the US Falters Jessica Ravitz explores areas where the United States lags behind in equality of women either in practice or principle. CEDAW Ratification To start with, United States is among the seven countries that are yet to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) provisions. CEDAW...

The Culture Wars Evolve into a Class War The article, “How America’s culture wars have evolved into a class war,” was written by James Davison Hunter who is a professor of religion, culture and social theory at the LaBrosse-Levinson. He is also an executive director for advanced studies in Culture at...

Question 2 Have you ever engaged in self-promotional or self-depreciating speech on a team? If you think back on it, how might you have spoken differently? How might this have changed the team’s interaction?             I have been called upon to make presentations to my team and lead in group discussions...