The cyber-bullies are always with you' – Phil McKenna

Assignment Summary, commentary and discussion of the article The cyber-bullies are always with you’ by Phil McKenna The article is about the problems of getting bullied. Though not the kind bullying our parents expe-rienced when they were young ‘ it’s about cyberbullying. The current generation has developed this whole new kind of bullying. As it … Read more

Narcissism

1. ‘Me Me Me’ by Sarfraz manzoor ‘ description of ‘new narcissism’ text 1: The term ‘new narcissism’ comes from the old tale about Narcissus. ‘Narcissus was a young handsome man, who falls in love with his own reflection in a pool of water’. From the article Sigmund Freund (the creator of the psychoanalysis) later, … Read more

Time to reconsider polygamy

Polygamists are multiplying on the screen. For those who are drawn into the polygamist lifestyle there is a lot to watch. One of those television shows is TLC’s Sister Wives, were we see the Brown family, including Kody Brown, his four wives and their 17 children. The main reason for the Brown family to take … Read more

Parenthood

Have you ever thought about how much work and responsibility comes with parenthood? I mean you have to take care of a living, breathing human being. Put yourself into your parent’s shoes they feed you, care for you and love you (even in times where they might not really like you) but those are just … Read more

Women and equality

In the article, Zinn goes on to compare woman to slaves, since in the early years woman were not treated as they are today. No voting rights, no sense as a human being. Zinn states that woman were invisible to society, as were slaves also, yet white women had little rights compare to slaves, and … Read more

Do gays and lesbians make good parents?

Over the years, a great deal of controversy has escalated regarding whether or not raising children in gay and lesbian family creates an unhealthy environment. But who decides that gays and lesbians can’t be parents? The standard, which society sets for a family and who may raise a child should be examined and reevaluated to … Read more

Globalisation – history and the search for a definition

Undoubtedly, today we are living in a world of ‘globalisation’ and the term of globalisation is one of the most used concepts of this world. Not only within the academic buildings, or within the mind of intellectual but also outside of buildings of daily life this term as a magical one-size-fits-all is used to describe … Read more

Dissertation: Various problems and issues addressed by certain conscious rappers in the United States

Main Question: How do the social-cultural, racial, political factors influence the content and purpose of certain rap music and what is the EFFECT? Chapter I, introduction to the pws: What made hip hop the way it is today? To answer this sub-question it is important to first of all establish some background information on Hip … Read more

Pakistan Child Labor

Pakistan, although being a democratic country, doesn’t bring into consideration many of the troubles within the society. One of these problems is child labor. Child labour is when a child is kept and forced to do other work than attending a school. If a child is found working for a person and the child’s age … Read more

The destructive era of progress

The western world has found itself in the modern era marked by the omnipresent progress which dominates everyday lives of people lucky enough to live in the so-called developed countries, one of them being the USA. Due to technological and medical innovations their population has been rising exponentially, several diseases have been eradicated and the … Read more

Patriarchy theory

The patriarchy is a social system that values masculinity over femininity. This type of social system dictates that men are entitled to be in charge and dominate women. And it implies the nature state of gender relations is a dynamic of dominance and submission. According to patriarchal society, women are seen weak, submissive and an … Read more

Globilization

Globalization is a process characterized by the following phenomenon: the spread of telecommunications and information technologies; reduction of national barriers for easier cooperation in trade and investment; increased cash flow and interdependence of financial markets. Through the last decades the world has considerably changed. Globalization really promotes the growth of human mobility, although migration is … Read more

Is poverty reduction an appropriate indicator of the success or failure of contemporary development strategies in Latin America?

Key words: poverty, development, inequality. After the period represented by the Cold War and the polarization of the world between the USA and USSR, some aspects of the overall arrangement has changed, for example, the so called ‘developed’ and ‘underdeveloped’ countries classification. Subsequently, the great depression of 1929 brought a decline on the credibility of … Read more

Erving Goffman's Stigma and The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

One sociological approach assessing the contribution of one micro approach to the understanding between the individual and society. Erving Goffman graduated from the University of Toronto in 1945, gaining his M.A in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1949. In 1962 he became a professor of sociology at the University of California and then … Read more