Sociology

Feminism has passed through many phases with the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as the most crucial eras for the growth of the feminist movements. Last five centuries was the period of modernity, generating the rise of capitalism as well as socialism, the development of the states and also emergence of the regional divisions. Within this context, gender issue and the conceptualization of femininity emerged as women began to realize their equal importance and rights. The second phase of the...

Whether or not books have a future is a subject that could be argued from different point of views and perspectives which are closely interrelated to the roles of technology in the changing reading habits. Books play a very unique role in ensuring that the social, cultural, economic and religious views and needs of people are championed. Different sorts of books such as novels, history books, among others have considerably different future. In education for instance, books have played a crucial...

Introduction Medical marijuana, smoking the leaf as an alleged type of treatment for a variety of medical ailments, has generated a substantial amount of controversy.  Despite the fact that federal law prohibits the general use of marijuana medically, and despite the fact that the scientific evidence finds no persuasive basis for believing that smoking marijuana is an effective medical treatment, an increasing number of states have created ballot initiatives in order to legalize marijuana for...

Most social phenomena pose complex problems which impact the society in which people live in. particularly in the global environment which has a mixture of individuals from different races, colors and classes, these problems are inevitable. The most pressing concept is that of white privilege which tends to provide advantages to the white people while suppressing the non whites in the white dominated states. It has been a supremacist culture that all the white people have some privileges which are...

Audre Geraldine Lorde was a Caribbean-American poet, writer, feminist and activist. She was born on February 18, 1934 in New York to Linda Gertrude Belmar and Frederick Byron Lorde. Her talent in poetry was evident at a very early age and she managed to publish many books on poetry. During the 1960s, Audre was actively involved in speaking out against the social injustice and gave her full support to the feminist movements. Her work was focused on the issues of sexuality, class, gender, ethnicity...

(Course code) In Los Angeles, gang violence is nothing new, but a recent gang scuffle in Sta. Ana has brought the issue to the fore once again. On February 4, the Los Angeles Times reported another set of life sentences to Florencia 13 gang members who were rounded up just last year for crimes committed for no other reason than racial motives. The gang members recently convicted to federal prison without parole were Francisco Flores, Jose Gonzales and Arturo Cruz, joining ninety-four other defendants...

Gender issues and biases on a given culture has developed continuously because men and women need to conform within societys social structure or pattern and within their roles and functions in society. Sociological Perspective Society is an imaginary structure of people organized into family, community, race, ethnicity, religion, age, and gender. With family as its basic unit, society has contributed a lot to the growth of an individual or its degeneration. Sociologists have perceived society...

Lawrence Kohlbergs six-stage and three-level continuum of moral development is a way of explaining the underlying reasons behind the decisions that people make as they progress from childhood to adulthood (Crain, 1985). At stages 1 and 2 (Level 1  Preconventional morality), children, being outside the formal membership in society, base morality on what their parents or authorities tell them. At stage 1, children make decisions based on its consequences. At stage 2, judgments are based on which...

Unused embryos have been an issue in the United States. The couples themselves are the ones who should decide on what should happen to the unused embryos. They should be given more time to think on the proper course of action that they should take. According to article from the internet, the couples must know their options. They could store it for future use discard them by allowing the natural process to end donate it to another family or donate it for research purposes (HYPERLINK httpwww.medicalnewstoday.comarticles161203.phphttpwww.medicalnewstoday.comarticles161203.php). In...

Cassel, S. L. (2002). The Chinese in America A history from Gold Mountain to the new millennium. Walnut Creek, CA AltaMira Press. The book shows the long history of Chinese immigration experience that outlines the value of the Chinese as workers. However, it also takes note of the fact that Chinese are often regarded as foreigners in America even though they have consistently contributed to the economy of the US. The particular book can be used as a guide for the value of immigrants in the US...

In my opinion, the world has sufficient resources to sustain her entire population comfortably. But poverty continues to affect the quality of life for so many people around the world, particularly in the developing world. The main reason behind rampant poverty in the world is therefore the unequal distribution of resources. During the advent of the modern world, the developed nations annexed underdeveloped nations to obtain raw materials for their industries. Colonialism could be viewed as the...