Essays on Sociology

Introduction Humans live together in societies, based the relationships developed over time they tend to interact communicate, and share memorable events with each other. One of the primary needs of the human society is relations with one another and socialization. Hence based on this inherent desire people may go to any...

In the world today, imprisonment rate has gone up. Anyone can be imprisoned no matter the age or gender. The principal reason for a prison sentence is to punish the offender. Rather than being a punishment, imprisonment can be of decisive impact once the prisoner has practical, financial, social, and...

All the three short stories address a similar subject. The main theme in each case is a presentation of the relationship between a mother and a daughter. In all the stories the mothers are concerned with the ways that they can use to help their daughters acquire some societal standards...

In this discussion, I choose to explore the issue of gender equality in places of employment. I choose the problem because even though the constitution protects the rights of all American citizens and prohibits discrimination based on gender or otherwise, I have previously worked in places where it was apparent...

Control balance theory (CBT) is a practice of deviant behavior established by Charles Tittle. Tittle’s theory is rooted in the social control perspective and it integrates strands of labelling and social learning. Rather than viewing criminality in the perspective of lack of self-control, Tittle’s central concept explains criminality in a...

The technological advances in today’s world have been of greater impact to the society. The world is connected with technological devices ranging from mobile phones, laptops, and other advanced gadgets. These hi-tech devices have not only connected people from different parts of the world but also brainwashed individuals to fully...

Human beings either through creation or origin have different backgrounds, different abilities, color, and even religious affiliation. Some feel that they stand a better chance than others or their interest should come first. Due to the scramble for resources and other reasons, the global community has continued to experience racism...

Tim and Lionel convinced four schoolmates to send them nude photos. Tim is 14 while Lionel is 15 years old. The two boys received the nude photos and distributed to their other friends. From the perspective of the media, this was an incident of sexting. ‘Sexting’ is defined as the...

Facebook has been the most popular social trends for the last ten years. It has over 2 billion users and available in over 100 languages. A person can create an account on the Facebbok website by providing some personal information. It has two main pages, profile which is the user’s...

Racism in America Racism is a notion that one's skin color, race or one's ethnic group is superior to other humanities which leads to decimations. Racism has been a part of American since the 17th century (Grosfoguel and Ramón 73). A variety of groups formulated policies discriminating against specific groups, for...

Sherry Turkle's "The Flight from Conversation" Sherry Turkle’s “The Flight from Conversation” effectively employs straightforward language and rhetoric appeals. Turkle successfully conveys the message on the effects of technology on humanity to its audience; people of all ages. The use of a formal structure, appealing tone, literary devices, pathos, ethos and...

Sexism Sexism, as defined by Roets et al. (22), refers to different forms of gender-based discrimination. Even though much of the attention is given to women, other people including men, the transgender, as well as the bisexuals also get affected. Currently, understanding sexism has become a complex and contentious topic since...