Sociology

A stereotype is a generalization which develops in peoples minds about a particular group of people. It is very common in the society and the basic cause is the ignorance. Stereotypes are usually used to convince and persuade people to a certain cause. When talking about the stereotypes regarding politicians one can observe a number of them in our environment. The most common stereotype associated with the group Politicians is double-standard. This says that if a party does wrong it is now not...

The impact of the Fall of the Berlin Wall on the social, economic, and global impact on the German and the world population at large. The Berlin Wall was a barrier built by German Democratic Republic(GDR) in East Germany on Aug 13, 1961. The GDR built this wall as a protection against what they perceived as a Nazi influenced West Germany. From 1961 to 1989, i.e., for more than a quarter of a century, this wall separated East Berlin from West Berlin, stopping the movement of people between the...

Findings from various studies have indicated a direct association between sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction (Sprecher, 2002 Hatfield et al., 1982). Building on extant literature, this study posits the following conceptual hypothesis The greater the sexual satisfaction, the greater the relationship satisfaction. This study defines sexual satisfaction is as level of sexual activity (Rosen  Bachmann, 2008) and operationally defines relationship satisfaction as the level of happiness...

Transsexual people are individuals who have attained a permanent identity of the gender opposite to the sex assigned them at birth. This has been a legal issue in many parts of the world. In most countries the legal aspects of transsexualism are contained in the family law which basically controls the issues related to marriage. However, this issues touches on other aspects of the law such as the rights of the individual as a spouse and the insurance or social security benefits from the spouses...

In this paper I will write a reaction to an article written for the Colorado State University website regarding childhood obesity.  In brief, this article points out the different factors that cause this epidemic as well as discusses what these children are at risk for in their futures.  Finally, it talks about what parents can do to promote a healthy lifestyle for their children. In the article Childhood Overweight by L. Bellows and J. Roach, they discuss the social problem of childhood...

The popularizing of brands has scoured almost all corners of the American world. From billboards to newspapers, the average American is thought to have been exposed to hundreds of advertisements everyday. For the virtue of providing exact statistics, the ordinary American is said to be faced with 247 commercials everyday according to recent surveys conducted by the Consumer reports Website. On the other hand, he Business Journal Phoenix Website has reported the existence of 600 advertisements which...

On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama, raised his right hand, took an oath of office and was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.  For some, this one moment in history magically erased any ethnic and racial inequities that exist in this country.  Indeed, the fact that America has come to a place where a Black man can be elected to its highest office is an indication of the huge strides we have made as a nation to repair racial injustices, and to live up to...

Traffic congestion has evolved to become a major problem in most of the major world cities. With each new day, traffic congestion continues to choke the worlds cities as a result of clogging of roads. Millions of drivers have had to endure long delays to work places or even back home. In Washington DC for instance, at the point where the interstate 95 meets the capital belt way traffic queues stretch up to 5km during the peak hours ( HYPERLINK httpusgovinfo.about.combioRobert-Longley-2430.htm Robert...

What are Amanda Jackson s problems Joana Stewart has been the principal of Twin Pines School for 25 years already and Amanda Jackson is under her employment as the art teacher of six art classes a day. Amanda is new to the job and she is still learning the basics of being a teacher, but she is really enjoying her new role. Everything was running smoothly in the Twin Pines School for Amanda until she discovered that the school principal is an alcoholic. She tried to ignore the behavior of Principal...

It is no secret that the projection of beautiful women on the media constantly plays itself in the minds of innocent teenage girls as they grow up. It affects their perception of beauty and gives them a figure to aspire to falsely creating an image of what may be considered beautiful by the world. These tall seemingly desirable women with perfect figures are depicted amidst such a sense of awe that onlookers who do not know better are persuasively subjected to stigmatizations of beauty which may...

Ethical and moral issues have been a matter of concern in contemporary classrooms. As a matter of fact, there is no single teacher who has not faced the challenge of having to deal with ethically contentious issues within the classroom. Whether element of the designed core curriculum or emanating from the societal context of learner s lives, the listing of issues educators have to content and or deal with appears infinite. (Vangelist, A.L et al, 1999) Some of these issues comprise chauvinism, pacifism,...

Education is basically the back born of development in any particular state, nation and economy. Human work force in any economy is developed when individuals go through training which is only accessible in form of education. Education is associated with different costs and this requires the decision of teachers, decision makers or children. Financial voice of a teacher is often the voice for children when it comes to financial situation in education. The teacher is supposed to analyze any costs...

Criminology encompasses different areas of study that looks into why people commit crime and ways how this can be mitigated.  Theories of crime tend to look into factors that drive people to commit crime including the biological, psychological, and sociological factors. Biological and Psychological explanations of Crime Crime can be explained through biological and psychological explanations.  Under biological explanations studies by Lambrosso and others have shown that people commit...

Organized crime or unlawful associations is a worldwide  group of extremely centralized ventures run by criminals for the intention of engaging in unlawful doings, most frequently for the intention of creating a financial income. The Organized Crime Control Act (U.S., 1970) describes organized crime as The unlawful actions of ... an extremely organized, disciplined organization ....One example of organized crime prevalent in the United States is the Balkan organized crime. (Pace, D, F.  Styles,...

A social institution is just any group that has members who are related or bound by social relations. In every social institution, the main aim is to socialize the members in the group. The social institutions are managed well by many laws and rules that direct the affairs and how people interact. Sociology provides theories that explain how this is done. Some of the major Sociological theories that are going to be tackled in this work are Functionalism, Conflict and Interactionism. This work therefore...

There are several illnesses that are related to smoking and several measures have been taken over time by various organizations and governments all over the world in order to reduce the number of smokers and hence cut down on the cases of sicknesses arising from smoking tobacco. There has always been a heated debate as to who should actually be blamed or held responsible for the diseases that are caused by smoking. Some people argue that it is the tobacco companies that should be held responsible...

Nation-state The modern nation-state is a historical phenomenon. Its notion as a framework of modern polity has its roots in the late Enlightenment and early Romanticism. The existence and advent of the nation-state therefore is ascribed to the interaction of political, ideological and economic forces in which national issues played a prominent role (Teichova and Matis, 2003). Modern nation-states possess various characteristics which include a rising sense of nationalism, ability to rule themselves...