1. INTRODUCTION Around the world‚ public opinion about homosexuality varies considerably. While‚ for example‚ same-sex marriage is permitted in Canada‚ Belgium‚ and the Netherlands‚ homosexuality is illegal and gay marriage is unthinkable in most African nations. To understand why some countries have such strong penalties for homosexuality‚ we turn to the literature on public opinion and the role that culture and religion have in shaping it. Since public opinion is an important factor in developing
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Abolition is a movement committed to dismantling and transforming how our society approaches and takes action against crime‚ policing‚ punishments‚ prisons and the systems that uphold them‚ more specifically the prison industrial complex (PIC). Angela Davis once said “We are here to dismantle‚ we are here to support criminalized people‚ we are here to not let this system use our models to replicate or expand itself. It’s hard work” (Ansfield et al.). Abolition seeks to also do things like relocate
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sexual natural differences of the body lead to modern ideas about appropriate gendered behavior. Cott says‚ " by elevating sexual control highest among human virtues the middle-class moralists made female chastity the archetype for human morality" (Cott 1978‚ 223). Chastity‚ or at least the illusion of chastity‚ became a requirement for women during this time period because it is a women’s ’natural’ state. The creation of gendered spheres‚ such as the cult of domesticity‚ where women are shielded from
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violence is a gendered issue and men are always the perpetrators and women are always the victims. According to feminist theory‚ violence against women results from gender inequality on the societal level (Bograd‚1988). Feminists movement’s began in the 1960’s and 1970’s‚ they started to develop theories to find out the root of domestic violence. Men and women have both been socialized to view and experience violence differently. Feminists claim that domestic violence is a gendered issue and men
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at war. Using research from Gauteng Province‚ Wojcicki examines links between gendered violence and HIV vulnerability. Beginning with apartheid history and patriarchal structures‚ she looks at how those ideologies affect the lives of women‚ specifically those who trade sex for resources. She also compares local opinions on the differences between survival sex workers and commercial sex workers. While arguing that gendered violence is propelling the AIDS epidemic and that women need protection from
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In the article “The Pink Dragon is Female: Halloween Costumes and Gender Markers‚” Nelson explores the gendered nature of Halloween costumes and their role in reinforcing traditional gender roles. Published in the Journal of Popular Culture‚ this piece provides a scholarly analysis of how cultural practices influence gender identity. In Barber and Bridges’ (2017) article “Marketing Manhood in a ‘Post-Feminist’ Age” investigates how masculinity is constructed and marketed in contemporary media‚ particularly
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attempt to sell them an idea‚ status symbol or dream. Automobiles is a great example of a product that is available to men and women‚ but marketed in very different ways which we will discuss. For most Automobile commercials‚ they generally have a gendered focus audience they are trying to target in their ads. The majority of Truck commercials will be geared more towards
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socially constructed differences are entrenched largely in inequality. In fact most‚ if not all organizational structures‚ including the United States criminal justice system is gendered‚ meaning that they are rooted in discrimination between the sexes. More often than not‚ if an organization or any other analytical unit is gendered‚ then gender is not simply an addition to ongoing processes that are gender neutral. Fundamental in this distinction between sex and gender are the notions of patriarchy and
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1. Explain what is meant by the ‘correspondence principle’ The correspondence principle is all the lessons that are taught to you in school but they are not directly taught. For example‚ simply through every day workings of the school‚ pupils become accustomed to accepting hierarchy and competition. 2. Suggest three criticisms that other sociologists may make of the functionalist view of the education system? Functionalists see education as a process that instils the shared values of society
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In the Vocal Gender and Gendered Soundscape (2015) article‚ Christine Ehrick poignantly writes that “thinking historically about gendered soundscapes can help us conceptualize sound as a space where categories of ‘male’ and ‘female’ are constituted within the context of particular events over time‚ and by extension the ways that power
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