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      * The ‘sisterhood’ of the 2nd wave seen as a façade‚ why? Interesting disconnect between 2nd wave and 3rd wave   * What was achieved? Pay equity‚ employment‚ sexual assault laws‚ reproductive rights (pill‚ abortion)‚ political and social supports‚ organizations‚ women’s health care‚ rape crisis centers‚ transitions houses and divorce law   3rd wave 1990 to present * Arose out of backlash of 2nd wave * Men-haters‚ bra-burners * Identity

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    police behavior in undesirable ways” (p. 129). Through the Social Learning theory we are going to examine what and how police and police culture have been influenced to adapt to an authoritative personality‚ as well as perspectives on authoritative personalities. Is it that police work itself develops an authoritarian world-view‚ or is it that authoritarian personalities are selected for police work in the first place? The Social Learning theory fathered by Albert Bandura‚ suggests that learning

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    The Social Theories of Harriet Martineau For the most part‚ men are usually credited when it comes to Sociological Theories and explanations. Women were given little attention if any‚ when it came to matters outside of the household. One woman in particular managed to stand out in the 1800’s despite the plague of gender inequalities during her time. She not only stood up against sexism but also used her Sociological perspectives to fight for women’s rights‚ the well being of children‚ suppression

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    SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY To better understand why destroying ancient cultural heritage sites and artifacts can be considered a form of ethnic cleansing‚ I turn to Social Identity Theory. As described by Danielle Renee Clark (2014)‚ “Social identity theory is the social psychological process that prompts group affiliation and identity formation‚ intergroup conflict‚ and subsequently fosters links between groups and any relevant cultural heritage property.” (Clark‚ 2014‚ 9) Membership to a group is

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    Goffman’s dramaturgical social theory is the idea that our daily interactions with each other are similar to a theater. We are “actors” trying to portray a certain impression they want their “audience” to believe. It is also clarified that in order to analysis these social actions‚ we must look at is as a team‚ not as individuals. His theory goes into deeper detail which explains how it is possible for people to establish these performances; which are: roles‚ scripts‚ costumes‚ and a stage. Firstly

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    Option 2 Horalambus and Holborn (1990) said that sociological theory is a study which expained human and how the social ‘work’ in the society. Glucksmann (2006) identified work as compete tasks which provide people to make a living in the society and economic. There are six different perspectives to study about society: Scientific Management and Psychological Humanism‚ Durkheim‚ Marx‚ Weber‚ Symbolic Interaction‚ and Post-Modernism. These different perspectives are very useful in the society. Most

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    According to James D. Orcutt‚ The Social Control Theory of crime places a strong emphasis on conformity (2011:97). Rather than focusing on the intrinsic or extrinsic motivations of criminal behavior within an individual‚ control theorists wonder why people choose to conform (ibid). Conformity is the idea of matching your attitudes‚ beliefs and/or opinions to match those of the people or groups around‚ in order to avoid being seen as different. When influences such as personal values‚ institutional

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    Wolf Wolfensberger’s theory of Social Role Valorization (SRV) is extremely interesting in how it talks about the concept of wounding. When thinking outside of SRV‚ wounding means hurting something through physical force; but in terms of SRV‚ wounding means hurting someone’s psyche and emotions. Wounding in context of SRV talks about harming people mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally‚ which is different from how we usually think of wounding in our everyday lives. In Wolfensberger’s book‚ "A Brief

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    individual has there own way of making a living to him or her it might be a great profession but in the eyes of society it might violate a social norm. In society individuals who are considered deviant are they ones who participate in activities relating to alcoholism‚ excessive gambling‚ stealing‚ lying‚ etc. the anomie theory refers to the confusion that arises when social norms conflict or don’t even exist. Everyone desires having tremendous amounts of wealth‚ but not everyone can be wealthy so few; individuals

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    What scientific theories should be supported from the formation of the moon? The giant impact theory should be supported due to scientific explanations. The giant impact theory was pushed forward from Dr. Williams K. Hartmann and Dr. Donald R. Davis. The giant impact theory is an object about the size of mars knocked into Earth‚ forcing a piece of earth to fall off‚ forming the moon. There are four different theories accepted by scientists. The capture theory explains that the moon was formed somewhere

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