Analysing three articles related to sexual assault on post-secondary campuses

Article 1 The article Male Peer Support and a Feminist Routine Activities Theory: Understanding Sexual Assault on the College Campus by Martin Schwartz, Walter DeKeseredy, David Tait, and Shahid Alvi, sheds some light on a growing topic of discussion in North America: sexual assault. The main arguments outlined in this article concentrate on the motivation … Read more

Sociological definitions

“Sociology is defined as the scientific study of interactions and relations among human beings,” according to McIntyre (2006, p.3).  McIntyre also notes that perceived realities are also important (2006, p.4).  According to C. Wright Mills, there is also a sociological imagination.  The sociological imagination is looking at the social structure and how it affects people … Read more

Influences of evolution on human behavior

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the influences of evolution on human behavior. The essay will begin with a general consideration of this subject. Then, it will proceed to consider specific examples of the influence of evolution. One such example will consist of xenophobia, and another such example will consist of conditioning. A … Read more

Inevitability of stratification / collective conscience

Gaetano Mosca theory of “the inevitability of stratification” (1884) is based on some social ranking which is inevitable in all groups. Mosca says that society cannot persist without polity. Society needs organization, coordination, and control. This means that society needs people or organizations to take control such as politicians, university, and colleges, government, etc. Mosca … Read more

Same-sex love in China

Chinese Modernity is closely associated with western civilization in China. Intellectualism has led to an examination of Chinese culture and lifestyle in recent years, mostly from the force of western civilization. Cultural reflection has laced most intellectual discourse in modern China. As part of these reflections, the examination of same-sex relationships has been one of … Read more

Analysis of several essays on gender and discrimination

Central Essay – “Women’s Brains” – Stephen Jay Gould 6. The point that paragraph 9 through 12 posed was that brain size is not affected by gender, which does not allow to measure male superiority. Gould points out that brain size is affected by body build, height, and weight. Gould states how in Broca’s research, … Read more

Three methodologies that can be taken when examining Sociology

This paper talks about three methodologies that can be taken when examining Sociology. There are many subjects to be considered and examined in the field of Sociology, and the approach concentrated a specific subject is known as a point of view. There are three alternate points of view, and they are functionalist, strife, and interactionist … Read more

Self-identity in men

Society expects men to conform to the rigid, narrow and often self-contradictory roles imposed on them. Traits like weakness, sensitivity, effeminate and others were in previous times never used to aid in the definition of a man. From an early age, men were taught not to cry as it showed weakness and phrases like ‘this … Read more

Identity and bias (women)

Social categorization of race, class, and gender which apply to a particular group of people or a given individual are responsible for creating overlapping systems of discrimination in the society. Intersectionality establishes the process of individual identity. Individual identity comprises of beliefs, personality, qualities, or looks that make a person (self-identity). A person’s identity, therefore, … Read more

Planned Parenthood NYC Ethics Audit

December 5, 2017 Planned Parenthood NYC Ethics Audit Administrative Ethics Leading the way in advocating for women’s healthcare rights has been Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), a nonprofit organization. Protection and governance of a woman’s body was surprisingly not always the responsibility of the woman and this is reflected in history books through … Read more

Is addiction to technology something to worry about?

Is addiction to technology something to worry about? Is there extremely such an issue as addiction to technology? Well, even though the road of addiction and traditional use has become smaller with more and more technology enforced in our means of life, also to mention that there’s no such issue as addiction to technology would be pretty insensitive and dangerous statement. there’s positively such an issue as a technology addiction, and it’s become a reasonably huge downside for our society as a result we … Read more

The struggles of the major minority groups

The struggles of the major minority groups, though related in some ways, have in fact acted as hindrances to each other’s progress for many years. This is in part due to the inherent differences between the three groups in question, and the fact that each one has its own particular issues and policy that it … Read more