Language and the Social Construction of Reality: Spinning Social Reality with Euphemisms Steve Eliason Montana State University‚ Billings ABSTRACT This paper describes an exercise I use in my introductory sociology classes that introduces students to language and the social construction of reality process. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is widely taught in introductory sociology classes and suggests that we perceive the world in terms of our own language‚ and that individual languages produce different
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word freak is something that we use in everyday language without realizing that in the past‚ the word was not just a casual phrase to throw around. We associate the word freak with other words such as strange‚ weird‚ and odd in order to insult a person who is different than us or define something that is out of the ordinary. However‚ when we use the word freak so casually we are disassociating it from its original meaning and changing the words context. In most instances‚ the word “freak” was
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Book Title: Freak the Mighty Author: Rodman Philbrick Setting: New Hampshire Main Characters: Kevin- A smart boy with a growth disability Maxwell- A large boy with academic problems Kenny Kane- Max’s dad who murdered Max’s mom Loretta Lee Story Summary Freak the Mighty is a story about the power of a true friendship. Freak and Max are two boys who were so different‚ and yet had much in common with one another. Freak as well as Max both had limitations and this helped them to become friends
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The Constructionist Perspective of Obesity Social Problems Abstract In this paper I will explore the social construction of obesity and how it formed into a social problem. Recent and growing media attention surrounding obesity in the United States‚ the so-called obesity epidemic remains a highly debated scientific and social fact. This paper examines the contemporary obesity debate through systematic examination of the claims and claim-makers involved in the controversy. I will not take
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November 7‚ 2010 Sociology 134‚ Section 1 The Social Construction of Gender in Cartoons Defining what is “normal” for a specific gender role in society is a very skeptical classification. Though the roles of men and women might seem obvious‚ most scientists distinguish a huge difference in gender and sex. Gender roles are not biologically determined‚ but vary according to the culture‚ and they are socially assembled‚ either internally or externally. While observing the external influence
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A social construction or social construct is any institutionalized entity or artifact in a social system "invented" or "constructed" by participants in a particular culture or society that exists because people agree to behave as if it exists or follow certain conventional rules. One example of a social construct is social status. Social constructionism is a school of thought which deals with detecting and analyzing social constructions. Emile Durkheim first theorized about social construction
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Freak the Mighty Have you ever seen one very tall person and a very small person become really great friends and end up doing everything together? In the book Freak the Mighty‚ it shows how two very different people can become best friends like regular people. The best theme for this book is‚ “Without the help of others‚ we cannot rise above our limitations.” Without friends there helping you‚ you will not get to where you want to be faster. For example‚ when Max saw Kevin’s ornithopter
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Control Freak A Control Freak is one who has an obsessive need to exert control over people and situations; a person with an obsessive need to be in control of what is happening. I am a control freak‚ I know I am; I admit that I’m a control freak. It isn’t something that I try to do nor want to do; it’s just part of who I am. I didn’t wake up one day and decide to be controlling. Things affected me in my life to put me in this position. A lot of things determined my need to control. I was born
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Race is a social concept used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by anatomical‚ cultural‚ ethnic‚ genetic‚ geographical‚ historical‚ linguistic‚ religious‚ and/or social affiliation. When it comes to this social concept‚ vision is used‚ which is what one uses to tell themselves that people look different. But‚ one must ask them self‚ how different are people under the skin? That is why racial passing and the lack of a genetic basis both come into play when thinking
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What caught my attention in the reading and discussion‚ is the term ‘’ Social Constructionism of realty’’ which is seen as the theory of knowledge in sociology and also communication of theory that looks into the development of a jointly constructed world. Therefore‚ it also proves that the understanding‚ importance and concept are developed and not separated within individuals‚ instead they are coordinated with other human beings as well. In order words‚ the elements to this theory are as follows;
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