Eastern Kentucky University Department of Family & Consumer Sciences CDF/WGS 232: Human Sexuality and Identity CRN# 13658 (CDF)‚ 13681 (WGS)‚ 3 Credit Hours Fall‚ 2014 Professor: Anna R. Z. Mastapha‚ MA anna.farro@eku.eduCell: 859-321-7812 annamastapha@gmail.com Office hours by request Class Meeting Times & Location: Mondays 6:00 – 9:00 pm‚ 202C Burrier Building Catalogue Course Description: An exploration of the changing attitudes about and among men/women and their effect
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. Functionalism Functionalists see shared norms and values as being fundamental to society. They focus on social order based on understood agreements and view social change as occurring in a slow and orderly fashion. Their primary concern is with large-scale social structures and institutions of society‚ their interrelationships and their constraining effects on actors. Functionalism assumes that society is a system whose various sections work together to encourage balance. It assumes that all
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An Academic Discipline‚ or field of study‚ is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researches at the college or university level. Fields of study usually have several sub-disciplines or branches‚ and the distinguishing lines between these are often both arbitrary and ambiguous. Academic Disciplines are used and taught in our everyday life. Humanities‚ Natural Sciences‚ Psychology‚ Social Sciences‚ Communications and Technology are six disciplines that we encounter daily and continue to learn
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Youngblood Nationalism redefined By Bobbie Reyes Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:20:00 07/23/2009 Almost a year ago‚ I found myself on a plane to New York City. I wasn’t going on vacation or visiting relatives. I was starting my first year at Sarah Lawrence College‚ a liberal arts school renowned for its writing program.The first of my family to leave the country‚ I was terrified. Doubts filled my mind during the 18-hour trip. But one question kept coming back: Am I performing an act of
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‘’Children require only culture to become fully human‚ genes mean nothing’’. How far do you agree with this statement?. Culture is a certain type of civilisation of shared meanings‚ norms‚ values and roles of a society or group of a certain race or nation. Culture is in support of the nurture side of the nature-nurture argument. The nurture side of the debate states that people are influenced with how they dress‚ to even their actions by the surroundings they are brought up in as well as the people
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Socialization and Personality SOCIALIZATION - is the process of fitting humans to the social group or society. Biological Foundation of Socialization * Brain‚ nervous system‚ vision sensation‚ facial muscles‚ a tongue and a voice box. Basic objective of socialization 1. Is to fit the person to his soial & cultural environment through learning. 2. To learn the basic norms of the society. 3. to agree with the basic values‚ beliefs & share similar attitudes considered acceptable
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Using material from item 2B and elsewhere assess different sociological explanations of changes in the status of childhood. (24 marks) Childhood is socially constructed‚ the only reason that ’childhood’ exists is because society makes it that way. Over time childhood has changed as different norms and values over each century of life have been different and are still changing today. Also in different places of the world there are different cultures and ethics so therefore their view of childhood
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Assess sociological explanations for inequalities between husband and wives Domestic division of labour is referred to the roles that both men and women play in comparison to housework. There are 2 types of roles called conjugal roles and joint roles. Conjugal roles are where partners have different tasks within the family so there is a clear division of male and female roles. However joint roles is where partners share their roles so there is few divisions in the family making the household more
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1. While watching the film there were many moments that struck me as interesting. The first moment that struck me the most was when Jean Reynolds‚ who is a 51 year old‚ certified nursing assistant‚ daughter said she had cancer. That she would not live for long because Jean could not afford to get her daughter treatment. The second moment that struck me was when Barbara Brooks‚ a 36 year old‚ single mother said that she was “hustling backwards”. She wants to provide for her children‚ and is even trying
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About the Inquiry Process The Leveson Inquiry into the culture‚ practices and ethics of the press was aproached in four Modules. These are: •Module 1: The relationship between the press and the public and looks at phone-hacking and other potentially illegal behaviour. •Module 2: The relationships between the press and police and the extent to which that has operated in the public interest. •Module 3: The relationship between press and politicians. •Module 4: Recommendations for a
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