The functional perspective on deviance maintains that our society is a system of social institutions‚ that work together to make up whole. These institutions are based on our needs and balance each other to give our norms and morals significance. If some part of this whole is not useful‚ it will disappear; and in the same way if something is absent‚ but needed‚ it will be created. Deviant behavior is necessary in our society‚ because it provides justification for our norms. If there were no deviance
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HE210 – How does Gender Inequality in Education affect Employment? According to Mao Tse Tung‚ ‘women hold up half the sky’. However‚ this phrase holds little truth in today’s world. Over the years‚ many women have made great strides in many areas but gender inequality still persists in many parts of the world‚ especially the rural areas‚ and to the disadvantage of women in particular. This has deeply affected the well-being‚ healthcare‚ education of women. Education in today’s context is recognised
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Examine the functionalist view of the family Broadly speaking‚ the functionalist perspective has focused on the functions of the family in society and for its members. In other words‚ it looks at how the family‚ as an institution‚ helps in maintaining order and stability in society‚ and the significance of the family for its individual members. There are two main functionalist views on the family – Murdock’s view and Parsons’ view. Murdock’s view on the family is that the family performs four basic
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Social inequality describes a condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth‚ prestige‚ or power. Some degree of social inequality is found in every society. When a system of social inequality is based on a hierarchy of groups‚ sociologists refer to it as stratification: a structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society. Ascribed status is a social position assigned to a person without regard for that person’s
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Inequality is undoubtedly the most blatant and pressing issue that plagues society. After all‚ how can we possibly accept that some perpetually carry the scar of a long history of poverty that impedes them from having opportunities in life? As we find ourselves face-to-face with this despicable reality we should ask ourselves: what equality of opportunity should we aim for and what measures must be taken in order to solve this issue? John Rawls and Robert Nozick present diverging views on social
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The main difference between both theories is that one argues the need for inequality in order to maintain a balance in society‚ while the other sees it as only a benefit to the select few. For instance‚ functionalist theorists believe that inequality is needed in order to place people according to their intellectual ability. It seeks to place individuals that stand out‚ in the best qualified positions; positions that not everyone can do due to the lack of education and/or skill. The rest of society
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women have gained increased equality in many countries‚ gender inequality still exists on an international scale. The European country Estonia‚ in particular‚ faces a noticeably greater gap between men’s and women’s rights in comparison with its European neighbors. Despite the Estonian Gender Equality Law passed in 2004‚ sexism and gender stereotypes are still largely prevalent in Estonia’s government and society. The problem of gender inequality has negatively impacted Estonian women in economic‚ social
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Assess functionalist views of the role of education. (20 marks) Functionalists emphasise positive aspects of schools‚ this is the idea of a ‘consensus’ perspective; where there is an agreement about what is valued within a society. These are like Emile Durkheim’s social facts or moral regulation in that they govern behaviour‚ and while they are coercive‚ they are also generally agreed upon where ‘The function of education is to transmit society’s norms and values’ . According to functionalists education
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Gender Inequality and Differences: Women Role in Political Representation I. INTRODUCTION The area of gender studies is predominantly a matter of describing‚ analyzing‚ and evaluating the power configuration between the male and female populations that exists in various societies. Even the socio-economic dimensions of female population relating to employment‚ education‚ health‚ income‚ and status are inseparable from women’s access to positions in power structure. A major mechanism of such women’s
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People are unequal and we should not treat them equally. What is equality? Equality is a state in which every living person is given the same number of opportunity to vent out their ability to its fullest‚ regardless of gender‚ race‚ wealth‚ religion‚ and so on. However‚ in the world of capitalism and libertarianism‚ people cannot be equal. Each person is born with different amounts of wealth and contrary aspects both physically and mentally‚ no matter how much people fight for equal human
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