I think the article by Johnson makes an extremely relevant and necessary point that differences between people on the basis of race, gender, orientation, disability, and other aspects are a matter of cultural choice, what he indicates to be ‘social construction’ (9). Reading this made me think of the old...
Healthcare as a Right, Financial Implication, and Additional Responsibilities Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, and socio-economic background, an individual’s health is the most essential and fundamental asset. Therefore, access to health care by people is a right, and every person receives treatment tailored to their needs and preferences. The right...
Racism and slavery have always been a problem in the United States. In the United States, one’s race defines one’s living position. Because of their skin color, African Americans were forced into slavery. Therefore, slavery and racism in the United States were linked by the fact that a person’s race...
The methods used by white slave owners to guarantee their slaves would remain devoted to them were inhumane yet effective for the intended purpose. The easiest way to enforce slavery was through physical beatings. Any person in servitude who did anything that remotely resembled insurgence would be severely whipped in...
Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace is a fantastic short tale on dissatisfaction. The plot revolves around a lady called Mathilde who desired items she could not have due to a lack of funds. She had been asked to a ball and needed to purchase a lovely gown. She also mentioned...
The events of the book A Rose for Emily by author William Faulkner unfold in the American South. Faulkner managed to convey in a few paragraphs the desperate situation in which Emily found herself. Left without a dominant father figure, she finds herself in complete mental isolation. The surrounding people...
Abstract The study of the effect of anxiety on decision-making is essential to the psychoanalytic disciplines. It was expected that an individual’s anxious state had a negative effect on choice. The present experiment was a qualitative study of the relationship between the respondent’s anxiety state and decision-making. Data were collected...
Gender inequality has been one of the characteristic principles of interaction between people for millennia. Despite significant changes in modern society, people continue to treat men and women differently. In my opinion, people of different genders are indeed prone to different activities, but this does not mean that they cannot...
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is a three-act play written by Canadian playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald in 1988. Constance is an assistant professor to Claude Night at Queen’s University, and she uses her thesis writing to understand her life. She has a fountain pen with green ink that she uses to...
Chinua Achebe, in his short novel “Things Fall Apart,” managed to tell a very exciting story. The author plausibly described the arrival of missionaries who brought with them a new religion and their own orders. He excellently portrayed the savages: he drew for the reader a vivid and imaginative picture...
Introduction Gender is a concept that causes a fairly large amount of reasoning and even controversy in the scientific community and modern society. Gender is not the sex of a person itself but rather the idea of gender, that is, the perception of oneself as a person belonging to one...
Spoken communication is different from written one, and each of them has its own distinctive features. Both spoken, also known as oral, and written, non-oral, communications are two types of verbal communication which refers to the use of words to convey a message. Yet, spoken communication is often used informally...
In this work, Renato Poggiolio offers a comprehensive analysis of Dante’s work, highlighting numerous stylistic elements that aid in understanding whether the piece is a tragedy or romance. The approach used in the analysis of statements and quotations from the play and their consideration from diverse perspectives. Based on the...
In life, destiny is the future shaped by one’s choices. It is not predetermined but rather influenced by the changes someone makes. In order for someone to successfully fulfill their destiny, they must be patient, reflect on their situations and feelings. This is demonstrated in the play Hamlet by William...
The thesis of this paper is to examine feminist disability studies and their place in the current feminist theory. To do that, the author discusses several literary sources collected, and how they retrieve, reimagine, and rethink feminist disability. While acknowledging the issues and communities related to the broader concept of...
Centuries of oppression and dispossession have deprived Indigenous peoples of the ability to exercise their fundamental human rights. As a result, Native groups are among the most disadvantaged, destitute, and frequently mistreated elements of society in every continent globally. Indigenous populations in Canada, for example, bear a disproportionate burden of...
Introduction Katherine Dettwyler wrote Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa according to her fieldwork on children’s health in Mali. It is crucial to note that this book has received an award from the American Anthropological Society (Inside the mind of Kathy Dettwyler). Katherine Dettwyler’s main goal was to...
Abstract There exists a prevalent hypothesis of the existence of a correlational dynamic between socioeconomic status and the likelihood of substance abuse. I believe it is an important area of social work discipline since it involves a prevalent problem and links it to an already socially vulnerable group. Social class...
Considering parenthood-related liabilities, women exit the work market, procure more minors, and are more averse to be employed or advanced. The parenthood punishment influences women’s vocations and builds up sex disparity in the work market. The investigations show that people higher in altruistic and antagonistic sexism acknowledge women who agree...
For many centuries, people have been studying such an important and valuable science as sociology. A special place in it is occupied by the problem of social influence. It studies the influence of the social environment on a person’s life. An invaluable contribution to this science was made by the...
Introduction Marks is a poem by Linda Pastan about a youthful spouse and mother. There is about a decade difference between this work and the poem Daystar by Rita Dove. However, they are both straightforward stories about a conventional lady, a spouse, and a mother having tiring daily propensities and...
Michael Rynkiewich is one of the leading experts in anthropology, the science of the study of man and his existence in natural and cultural environments, and missiology, the science of the mission and the church. Until this book, Rynkiewich’s writing was notably found in two exceptionally great articles appearing in...
Robert Dallek is one of the foremost American writers of our time, having written more than one historical work. The writer’s favorite genre is biography, in which he takes a certain historical figure and carefully studies it, trying to convey to the reader both the image of the hero and...
Introduction The topics of interest and ambition are highly prominent among various writers and philosophical thinkers. Numerous authors addressed the ideas of aspiration, its characteristics, and possible consequences for both the engaged individual and their surroundings. The novel The Great Gatsby, written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, is a perfect example...
The place of women in society has changed significantly in the last centuries. In many countries and communities throughout history, the central role of women was believed to be one of a wife and a mother. The 19th century saw an upsurge in the feminist movement that demanded equality for...
In Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates, the characters’ symbolism and behavior are illustrated as something natural. A clear illustration of the meaning of the story’s finale is a quote from the character Friend. He tells the protagonist that “the place where you came...
Public relation is an idea that all levels of enterprise must address. From online reviews to satisfying consumers, business personnel is involved in the public relations business if they run a company dealing with the public. Part of the public relations deals effectively with negative business news and events (Kim...
This paper will provide a critique and response to the article “Many Migrants Are Quickly Expelled, but Others Can Stay. Here’s Why,” written by Eileen Sullivan in The New York Times. She discusses how the new U.S. immigration policy affects immigrant adults and children due to the pandemic (Sullivan 2)....
Ever since speech became an indispensable instrument of human interaction, its use has been given considerable importance. Speech, whether written, spoken, or digital, allows the transmission of semantic constructions and meanings embedded by the author. This property also manifests the main danger of speech, namely its overly persuasive influence. When...
Superhero costumes usually emphasize their athleticism through the clear illustration of their unrealistically perfect body features. In particular, in the comics, one can see an open highlighting of physiological gender differences, especially with the example of female characters. Undoubtedly, the costumes reinforce gender and sexuality, as they are usually tight-fitting...
Introduction The literature of the 20th century is characterized by the diversity of themes and issues touched upon by the authors. The radical shifts in people’s mentalities promoted by the two World Wars, civil rights movements and increased importance of humanistic values resulted in the emergence of new values and...
Jataka tales are a vast body of literature based in India concerning Buddhas’ birth and early life. In these tales, Buddha appears as an animal, king, an outcast, or even as a god. In all these forms, the story teaches good moral and religious values through the life of the...
Bastard Out of Carolina is a novel by Dorothy Alison written in 1992. It describes the events that were happening to Bone and her mother Anney in the 1950s. The author tells the story of a little girl, who lived through poverty, and the physical and sexual abuse of her...
At all times, it has been common for a person to exhibit certain qualities of character. However, not all of them are positive and kind. There is a vast number of human vices, which are those qualities of personality that bring suffering, hatred, and even death to the people around...
Medieval poetry is filled with literary meanings, the interpretation of which is an essential step of artistic analysis. Often the characters in the author’s works are endowed with incredible powers, magic, or superpowers, which, at first glance, can be used to attract more reader attention. However, a deeper analysis of...
“The Red Convertible” Louis Erdrich The Red Convertible is a story about two brothers in which a red car plays an important role. This is a story about the trauma and difficulties that war can bring to people’s relationships and how it affects the personality of those who have visited...
Introduction The theme of poverty is one of the most common topics of short stories written by African American authors, and Toni Cade Bambara, with her piece “The Lesson,” is no exception to the rule. In this work, she reflects on the perception of a less privileged position in society...
The evolution of literature is accompanied by the changing attitudes towards specific themes, which are commonly discussed by various authors, and the monstrous is no exception to the rule. The idea of portraying characters, which negatively affect the development of protagonists, adds to the readers’ interest. Therefore, the selection of...
Introduction The incorporation of universal ideas into writings is often used by prospective authors in order to demonstrate their opinions on various subjects. Addressing the problematic nature of distinct positive and negative concepts becomes possible through the creation of a comprehensive narrative that covers the desired topics, simultaneously presenting specific...
Known in the realm of American literature as the unparalleled creator of macabre and horror, Edgar Allan Poe kept his stories both gripped and captivating by introducing a unique flair of fear into them. Building his stories on the premise of primal terror that is coded into the instincts of...
“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee depicts the story of Scout Finch during The Great Depression. The novel portrays dramatic episodes, unleashing the roots of racism and the consequences of prejudice regarding minorities. The book is a coming-of-age story demonstrating Scout’s maturing and the life lessons she learned during...
In the introductory chapters of Outlaws of the Marsh, the main characters try to do what they consider right. Marshal Hong was trying to do the right thing when he arrived at the mountain to ask the Divine Teacher to conduct a prayer service to stop the plague. Although Marshal...
In a world that is full of different people and varying opinions, there needs to be a framework that helps to avoid or work through conflict. Some may bring up the idea of respect as a foundation of human relationships. Respect can be described in many ways, as it is...
Different schools of sociological thought would approach the problem of poverty from different perspectives. From a structural-functional point of view, poverty would likely be the result of one of society’s mechanisms of wealth distribution not performing their functions properly. If poverty is perceived as a problem, then maintaining a stale...
The concept of depicting knights as complicated characters who are destined to live in a constant inner battle between honor and feelings has always been central to the Middle Ages’ literary heritage. However, while inspired by similar values and ideas, the knight stories differ greatly in terms of emotions to...
Establishing the Topic I have chosen Hans Hubermann as the primary focus of the current research assignment. In my opinion, he symbolizes the light and hope in the grim protagonist’s life. Hans is a peaceful man who opposes the principles of the Nazi political regime and merely wants safety for...
The huge popularity of delivery companies can legitimately be considered a striking characteristic of modern times in industrial societies. In my discussion, I want to incorporate the delivery phenomenon in a more broad discussion of reducing social life to the house space. As for me, it is tough to formulate...
Occurring as psychological, physical, and social violence in relationships, teen dating violence may be regarded as a serious issue that should be addressed through comprehensive interventions (Niolon et al., 2019). Addressing the efficacy of the Dating Matters model for the prevention of negative relationship behaviors among teenagers, Niolon et al....
In the short story “Exhalation,” Ted Chiang writes about the successes of a mechanical creature to understand the thinking process by tracing its origin and linking it to air supply. These musings are triggered by a curious event when a problem with the clock is detected. According to one of...
The era of Restoration introduced significant changes to the realm of poetry, rom structural alterations to new topics and ideas for discussion. Aphra Behn’s “The Disappointment” and John Wilmot Earl of Rochester’s “The Imperfect Enjoyment” reflect these changes, addressing a rather delicate subject and introducing new sociocultural issues under the...
Introduction Intersectionality is a concept that describes the social experiences of individuals mainly from minority populations. From a definition point of view, this term depicts a theoretical framework in which individuals’ varying social attributes determine their daily experiences (Launius and Holly). As a result, the complex or interlocked system of...
Self-Help Groups Self-help groups are tool to help individuals cope with their psychological, physical, or intellectual problems via group interaction. The basic tenet of such initiatives is the empowerment of people who suffer from specific issues. Whether private or state-funded, such a form of organizations is extremely popular around the...
Introduction Sometimes, the history of everyday things and activities can be thought-provoking. For instance, smoking, which has existed for centuries, in the context of the 20th century mass adoption of cigarettes is one of such topics. The non-fiction book Cigarette Nation: Business, Health, and Canadian Smokers, 1930-1975 describes the history...
Various types of child maltreatment worldwide are horrifying and lead to numerous consciences that affect society as a whole. Therefore, it is possible to choose the elimination of just one of the types of maltreatment only by realizing the chances to eliminate another as soon as possible. Thus, I would...
Part of becoming an adult member of human society is learning to recognize the myriad injustices that surround us in our daily lives. One of the pillars of modern society is the concept of egalitarianism, but unfortunately, it remains an ideal to strive for rather than a reality. Various human...
Introduction In Syria, armed conflicts, human rights violations, and violence caused tremendous suffering to people. Along with the physical damage, they face significant psychological effects of war, such as severe mental disorders (Hedar, 2017). Compared to refugees, who tried to pursue a better life in Europe and other places, internally...
Introduction Cultural relativism is a rather controversial approach to ethics that states that no universal moral norms are uniform for every human on the planet. Essentially, it dictates that different cultures have different opinions on what is right and what is wrong, thus providing a variety of ethical dilemmas. In...
Introduction Indigenous women live in societies, cultures and under traditions that benefits from their voicelessness, invisibility, inactiveness, non-existence, and erasure. The profiling of indigenous women for discrimination started with colonization policies that served to normalize the violence perpetrated against them (Coburn, 2019). Over the years this violence has persisted in...
The concept of social change refers to the process of social and cultural institutions transformation via the interactions of people. The theory of historical materialism developed by Karl Marx states that technological development, alterations of productive relations in society, and productive forces, such as labor and capital, provoke changes in...
Poverty is a serious socio economic issue that prevents individuals or groups of people from reaching their full potential. This problem is caused by a variety of factors all throughout the world. The condition mentioned above may be controlled or eradicated in different ways, but it needs people in charge...
The official fact sheet gives necessary sociological data on New Jersey children, and its segment on child poverty may reveal some new psychological information. For example, it shows that Black and Hispanic children are more economically disadvantaged than their White counterparts (Children’s Defense Fund, 2017). Therefore, one can suggest that...
Introduction Human trafficking involves recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or acquiring individuals by force or deceit to manipulate them for gain. Adults and children of various ages and ethnicities can become targets of this abuse, which happens worldwide. Many human traffickers resort to brutality or fake recruitment agencies and misleading learning...
George Washington is rightfully considered one of the key figures in the history of the United States, which makes his farewell speech all the more important as the wisdom by which the following generations of Americans would live. At its core, the message that Washington sent was quite simple, yet...
Summary COVID-19 is a highly contagious Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome first reported in the world in March 2019. The disease’s high ability to spread led to the present-day health pandemic. There are 426,624,859 confirmed COVID-19 infection cases and 5,899,578 deaths worldwide as of February 22, 2022 (WHO Health Emergency Dashboard,...
Abstract: Purpose Statement The main goal of this work is that people pay attention to the problem that surrounds many of their lives, but they are not going to fight it. The problem of obesity for many people is not acute, and they have come to terms with their lifestyle...
Gross negligence, when a person is wholly and inexcusably responsible for failing to provide care that falls within their responsibilities, is the most severe type thereof. It is also frequently associated with healthcare and results in malpractice lawsuits claiming the failure to diagnose and treat. While the range of diagnoses...
The PPAARE question What is the highest level of evidence available to determine if there will be increased injury prevention in the elderly living in skilled nursing facilities with a cognitive impairment through fall prevention programs or pharmacological interventions? The problem of the study The problem of this study is...
Class disparities have been in existence since the development of early social hierarchy. As a result, these disparities have percolated into the present-day setting, affecting people’s opportunities for advancing in society. Two interviews conducted with a member of an upper middle class and a representative of the working class have...
The topic of urban culture for a long time was understudied, as scholars were more attracted to the research questions about politics and the economy. Such imbalance reflects the overall perception of the importance of these topics. Only in recent decades has the urban culture become perceived as something unique...
There are five main conflict-handling styles, which evaluate various aspects of approach to conflict situations. I have completed the survey to determine my styles and found out that the collaboration style is my preferred. It would be optimal to adopt the style according to the concrete conflict (Thomas 266). However,...
Introduction Individuals’ economic position is frequently associated with the financial benefits they get through activities such as labor. Usually, political and societal considerations might raise concerns regarding these monetary flows. The main question is always focused on the subject of equity. For thousands of years, humanity has struggled with many...
Christian Ethics by S. Rae Summary This chapter is focused on specific elements of Christian ethics, which are inclusive of virtues and commands. Although the Bible is not entirely a moral text, it has several concepts of ethical reasoning such as the natural law, utilitarianism, and ethical egoism (Rae, 2018)....
Indigenous communities often possess unique knowledge inherent in their cultures, traditions, and histories. As distinct ethnic groups grow and evolve, they develop customs rooted in their heritage, adopting a specific way of living, communicating, and interacting with the world. Of particular importance are the ingroup relationships that emerge during the...
Introduction Interpersonal communication is common in the current century because it instills the cohesive nature of bonding. Assimilation is a mode of communication where people exchange their feelings, information, and verbal or non-verbal messages. The mode of exchange is mainly through face-to-face communication because an individual can gauge the points...
Introduction The piece “The Story of an Hour,” written by Kate Chopin, narrates the life of a woman who managed to grasp the meaning of freedom for a short while. Such events seem unusual for the patriarchal society of the time and, therefore, are described from the main character’s perspective...
Palestinians experience daily struggles, conflicts with neighbors, jail time, and gritty realities of dealers. The Palestinian movement is essential as it involves people’s self-determination and sovereignty over Palestine. The freedom movement organization was created after Hamas took over Gaza. The Palestinian movement is internationalized and attached to other ideologies to...
Introduction An elevator is one of the most inconvenient places to talk to people and especially make new acquaintances. This fact is explained by the feeling of being cornered due to the lack of an opportunity to avoid conversations. Even though specialists sometimes recommend using the time spend there for...
The culture of smoking in Poland was such a regular part of daily life that three-quarters of Polish men aged 20 to 60 smoked every day, and nearly 30 percent of women had that severe habit. In the 1970s-1990s, tobacco-related economic operations were cheap and profitable for the government, and...
Although there are many engaging thoughts depicted in the essay, I was fascinated by the discussion of sexual intercourse in the context of feminism and jurisprudence. In particular, the quotation “Sometimes, the skin comes off in sex” by Andrea Dworkin grasped my attention (West 218). The sentiment, which describes the...
Suicide is a significant issue in modern society, and there are numerous works that discuss the topic in an attempt to find a way to reduce its occurrence. Suicide rates in the United States continue to rise throughout the past several decades, making it one of the most widespread causes...
Introduction The US is infamous for gun violence and mass shootings, a phenomenon that is especially shocking when it occurs at schools. According to police chiefs of 12 US cities, 2021 is heading towards becoming “the deadliest year for gun violence” in over 20 years (Rizzo). It is not customary...
The Real-World book by Ferris provides a strong introduction to sociology, equipping us with good knowledge about the social causes and impact of human behavior, social life, and social change in different communities. The most interesting topics to me after reading the book are culture, social classes, religion, and social...
The social contract is a theoretical agreement among individuals to form a society in which they can live in peace. The theory was started by Socrates; however, now, it is associated with moral and political views that developed in the 17th – 18th century. The issue of LGBTQ individual freedom...
Although stereotyping may seem harmless to some on the surface level, it actually possesses substantial and detrimental issues to the subjects that are being generalized. While categorizing is an innate human tactic that is involved in survival, its use within social, cultural, and racial contexts is harmful. An issue related...
An article by The New York Times recently covered an important issue of facing discriminatory incidents in the workplace. The report focused on Activision Blizzard’s attempts to promote inclusivity after receiving sexual harassment allegations from women working in the company. Apart from the mentioned sexual harassment allegations, the company’s employees...
Although modern society has become more tolerant, discrimination based on race is still relatively widespread. As Healey and Stepnick noticed, race remains the main factor for class inequality even now (215). Still, the concept and social construction of race itself changed a lot. For instance, four common racial identities were...
Public speaking often causes stress, anxiety, or fear. Audience tends to think that only people who are timid and shy are afraid of speaking in public. However, even many experienced public speakers get nervous when they go out to speak on a new topic or in front of an unfamiliar...
The chapter under review provides a sociological analysis of how the idea of the family has evolved in the U.S. and the current and future condition of the family institute in the country. As for the former, it is shown how American people switched from favoring the extended family to...
Immediately after the Civil War and the passage of the 13th Amendment, most states in the former Confederacy passed Black Codes, laws modeled on the former slave laws. These laws sought to restrict the freedom of emancipated African Americans by restricting their movement and pushing them into a drudgery economy...
Relational dialectics is a concept of communication theory that focuses on relational contradictions. The concept views relations as a combination of tensions between two extreme measures. The three common of most common types of tensions include openness and closeness, connections and separation, and certainty and uncertainty (Communication theory). By focusing...
Introduction Sociological theory concerns many areas of human life, and it changes and grows perpetually. Standpoint theory, for example, has been introduced as a feminist concept. As it developed, it began to consider diversifying factors among women (Ritzer, 2011). The race was one of them, and W. E. B. Du...
Based in the U.S., Head Start has become one of the most extensive compensatory programs funded by the government. From the very beginning, the initiating engaged families in order to establish a trustful and positive relationship between family members, their children, and staff. According to the source, “family engagement involves...
While it may still be debated by some, it has long been proven that animals attempt to communicate with humans with little results. This is primarily the result of disregardful behavior that has been ingrained in human societies as early as the introduction of the Christian Enlightenment and the simple...
Abolitionism was a European and American social movement that main aim was to end slavery. The intensification of the system of slavery which was followed by the trafficking of enslaved Africans was catalyzed by the colonies in North and South America and the West Indies. This work will examine three...
Introduction Slide Transgender diversity has become an integrated part of U.S. society over the last five years. More people now demand absolute level inclusivity and freedom provided by traditional institutes, such as law and family. As a result, it is critical to analyze this trend from different perspectives holistically. In...
Calling the history of relationships between African Americans and white American citizens complicated would be an enormous stretch. Defined by centuries of slavery and oppression, it has affected the relationships between the African American community and white American citizens (Archer 173; Coates par. 7). Due to the rigid segregation policies...
Pay discrimination presents one of the predominant issues in modern society of the U.S. According to information provided by the American Association of University Women (AAUW 2021), full-time working women are currently making significantly less than men, with only 83 cents paid for every dollar earned by men. Representatives of...
Mental health is definitely one of the fundamental elements of human well-being, essential for a high quality of life and, oftentimes, daily life in general. Within the last few decades, it has gotten increased attention from the healthcare field and the general public alike. As mental health awareness programs are...
It is important to note that physician-assisted suicide is a highly intricate and complex ethical issue, which requires a thorough analysis and understanding in order to draw any form of evidenced conclusions. Physician-assisted suicide PAS is an act where a physician assists a patient to conduct the life-ending action by...
Listening to a podcast or a YouTube video is one way that can quickly motivate an individual to develop practice and embrace it as a habit. Hardy’s (2020) podcast is fundamental in guiding a person towards developing a routine. The speaker says, “if you want to be among the healthy,...