Social constructionism is a based on theoretical knowledge and more importantly where these ideas come from; society. Gender and sexuality are social constructs. What defines a person’s gender? Their body parts‚ their self identification or what society says they are? Traditionally‚ humans are born as male‚ female or intersex‚ that is their identifier from the day a person is born. Sexuality can be viewed the same‚ traditionally‚ a person is attracted to the opposite sex and it has only recently
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Social Construction of Teenage Pregnancy in the United States: Race‚ Class and Gender In the United States‚ an estimated forty five percent of all female teenagers have premarital sex. As a result‚ about forty percent of all female adolescents become pregnant at least once before age twenty; and about four-fifths of these pregnancies are unintended. Twenty percent of these female adolescents bear a child‚ and about half of them are unmarried (Lawson and Rhode‚ 2). In a society that associates
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Sugar Gradient Lab Procedure: 1. Get out 5 separate cups or beakers and fill them ¾ full with water in each. 2. Number each of the cups 1 through 5. And color accordingly with food dye: • Cup 1- 2 drops of yellow • Cup 2- 2 drops of red • Cup 3- 2 drops of green • Cup 4- 2 drops of yellow and 1 drop of red • Cup 5- 2 drops of blue 3. Add: • 1 scoop of sugar in Cup 1 • 2 scoops of sugar in Cup 2 • 3 scoops of sugar in Cup 3 • 4 scoops of sugar in Cup 4 • 8 scoops of sugar in Cup 5 4
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acceptance due to our social construct. Science has the ability to prove the existence of these disorders through logical processes which are defined and experimented upon. Our social construct does‚ however‚ shape what we believe is correct thinking and behavior. In a way social construct attempts to set a standard for behavior and thinking to compare others to‚ in order to determine whether or not one has a disorder. Also‚ the cure for these disorders are equally debatable‚ where social construct is
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hold jobs‚ own their homes‚ and even go to college. (Racial and Ethnic Groups Ch3) • What are the causes of discrimination? The cause of discrimination is the effect people have on other races. What they feel and think about people that are a different color skin‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ gender or different religion. Racism is the major cause of Discrimination. It creates a very big gap between people; the theory of it is hate for minority groups and the action to oppress them. For example
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Facebook can effect our self-concept as we see beautiful people all over Facebook‚ perfect smiles‚ perfect bodies‚ perfect hair. It’s hard not to judge ourselves and ruin our self esteem if we aren’t one of those perfect people. It’s a source of social comparison‚ we see everyone else’s pictures online‚ and are constantly making judgements about their pictures‚ and comparing ourselves to those one would consider “perfect0.” It can also be a source of self-verification‚ as that as people “like”
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is that there are two levels of racism and that is race and color. Colorism is a form of discrimination in which light skins have a higher privilege than dark skins‚ Even though they may be a part of the same race or ethnicity. According to a study done by Margaret Hunter‚ Light-skinned people earn more money‚ complete more years of schooling‚ live in better neighborhoods‚ and marry higher-status people than darker-skinned people of the same race or ethnicity. Most people in the world don’t even
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RACE AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION The census bureau uses two basic criteria to determine if an individual or a family can be considered in poverty. The first step is to assess the income. There can be different forms of income in addition to that which one would earn from a normal job. There are‚ for instance‚ social security‚ supplemental security income‚ public assistance ‚veterans payments‚ pension‚ retirement income‚ interest dividends‚ royalties ‚alimony‚ and child support. These are all
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Race and ethnicity‚ as real and unreal as they may be‚ often have definite implication and outcomes‚ race is a social construct that has meaning only because the society gives it meaning. Class structure in our capitalist society refers to the social ranking of individuals‚ families and other groups according to their economic status. And according to the Assistant Attorney General Ron Davis‚ some type of racial classification was necessary to comply with the federal record-keeping requirements
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Foy‚ Natalie SOC 100 spring 2014 Assignment #2: Social Deviance & Race (Photo) 12 March 2014 408 words Amber Figure 1. Seal walks around with his biracial son and Caucasian stepdaughter. According to Conley‚ the labeling theory is the belief that individuals subconsciously notice how others see or label them‚ and their reactions to those labels‚ over time‚ form the basis of their self-identity. In other words‚ labeling theory is the idea that society determines the distinction between
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