Category: Sociology 7256

  • The Problem of Teen Dating Violence

    Niolon, P. H., Vivolo-Kantor, A. M., Tracy, A. J., Latzman, N. E., Little, T. D., DeGue, S., Lang, K. M., Estefan, L. F., Ghazarian, S. R., McIntosh, W. L. K., Taylor, B., Johnson, L. L., Kuoh, H., Burton, T., Forston, B., Mumford, E. A., Nelson, S. C., Joseph, H., … & Tharp, A. T. (2019).…

  • The Issue of Pleasure

    Discussing and Imagining Pleasure for Ourselves and Others The week’s readings offered different perspectives on the issue of pleasure both in public and private. They showed the extensive scope of the problems associated with sex, pornography, and prostitution. Among them is the necessity to create a discourse that would consider various points of view, experiences,…

  • Perception of Witches in the Past vs. Today

    Table of Contents Introduction Cannibalism and Witches Sex with the Devil Sabbaths Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Witches are popular creatures from nay legends and histories retrieved from the sixteenth century. There is no clear proof that females could be witches because of their specific powers that could transform people into other living being or cast…

  • Group Effectiveness. Brief and Main Factors

    There has been an increasing demand on group works especially in different sectors since group interactions have been seen to be effective in attaining certain set goals and objectives. Effective group works increase productivity and the quality of output. However, many people do not have the skills that make a group effective especially in the…

  • Gun Violence and Intervention Strategies

    Annotated Bibliography Kochel, T. R., Nouri, S., & Samadi, S. Y. (2022). Impact of focused deterrence on lived experiences with gangs and gun violence: Extending effects beyond officially recorded crime. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 33(5), 507-535. The research explores communities’ experiences with gangs and gun violence as well as a regionally targeted containment intervention. Kochel…

  • Aspects of Social Injustice

    Currently, in the United States, one of the most significant issues that people face is social injustice. The recent protests have shown that many of the social institutions remain to be discriminatory against certain people. However, this is a sensitive topic, which makes it unsuitable for an absurd decision, and it is challenging to come…

  • Analysis of the Term “The Glass Ceiling”

    The glass ceiling is a metaphor for artificial barriers that hinder women and another minority group of people from ascending to the senior and corporate positions in management. This term was first introduced in the 1980s to increase awareness of the invisible factors which prevented women from progressing in their careers (Abdelghani & Hassanien, 2020).…

  • The Arab Spring and Its Main Causes

    Recently, North Africa and the Middle East have been hotspots of conflict, driven by political, social, economic, and cultural differences. The Arab Spring was caused by a combination of many political, economic, and social factors (Gelvin, 2015). Nevertheless, in my opinion, economic reasons can be identified as the most acute ones that prompted people to…

  • The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

    Table of Contents Foucault and changes in power Hierarchical observation Normalization Examination Panopticon References In society, people work together to fulfill a variety of tasks and responsibilities, attributed to them both by their own life and the others around them. To understand how society functions and how internal and external factors influence it, philosophers and…

  • Cohesion Skills in the Workplace

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Understanding oneself is a pre requisite of understanding others. If we are not able to understand our selves better, then we may have problems in understanding others. For us to interact well with others, we need to posses good communication and people skills. These skills enable us…