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Introduction Mental health is defined as human psychological, emotional, and social prosperity. It influences how people think, feel, and act as they contend with life. It helps identify how to relate with others, handle stress, and make decisions. Unfortunately, the United States has the highest rate of mental illness in...
Silence or Broken Communication One of the most significant reactions to Celeste Ng’s book- Everything I never told you, is about the relationships among Lee’s family members, which are characterized by tension caused by silence or broken communication. The characters opted to remain silent when they should talk about their...
Introduction Substantial differences in people’s value systems are critical for their productive cooperation and, consequently, successful societal life in general. Hence, the consideration of one’s priorities in this respect might be beneficial for determining their ability to rely on specific strengths when resolving issues, and in my case, these factors...
Introduction Today, people continue making multiple attempts to create a fair and equal society and improve the conditions under which they live and develop relationships. Sometimes, it does not take much time or effort to implement a policy and consider the interests and needs of communities. In some situations, many...
When it comes to communication, one of the serious hindrances that can stand in the way of people connecting in their different cultural backgrounds the cultural background is one of the major factors contributing to defining a person’s world-view and shaping their values and beliefs. For example, the country I...
Background The book “The war for kindness” (TWFK) is written by Jamil Zaki (2019), and the author uses stories, observations, and research findings to show how people turn to hate rather than empathy in their daily lives. Zaki (2019) defines empathy as “an umbrella term that describes multiple ways people...
Memory is the capacity of the brain to retain and voluntarily restore information. It is an ability that allows people to recall events that have occurred, thoughts, feelings, concepts, and the relationship between them. Even though the hippocampus is most associated with memory, it is impossible to attribute memories to...
Introduction As Albert Einstein said, “Laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man presents his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.” Even though the laws exist to protect human rights, these laws are often violated in the context of authoritarian...
Introduction Challenges in everyday life are inevitable, and social work involves taking action to alleviate the adverse outcomes associated with these negative encounters. Therefore, social work utilizes a humanitarian and compassionate approach based on the professional knowledge base and skills to institute social change by helping vulnerable people resolve everyday...
Care is a fundamental way of relationships between relatives, couples, and family and a basic instinct inherent in almost all living organisms. Indeed, even animals take care of each other: when a female brings food to children, it is also considered as a manifestation of care. However, it took on...
Introduction Determining right and wrong in different situations and always taking action can be challenging. For centuries now, scholars, philosophers, religious people, and laypersons have been trying to find the correct and ethical way of doing things. Astronomer Carl Sagan (1993) writes about the six moral rules. He says the...
Any behavior that differs from the norms and standards set out by society is considered deviant. From this perspective, homosexuality, or attraction towards the same sex, opposes the traditional views of relationships between men and women. Several social theories can help gain a better understanding of the history of homosexuality,...
Introduction As individuals who advocate for particular views and approaches about pertinent issues, politicians and activists use speeches to reach their target audiences. The primary goal of any political speech is to construct a compelling argument to persuade people to think or act in a certain manner or believe the...
Summary Gender roles refer to the behaviors and attitudes that individuals learn as acceptable to their biological sex due to the prevailing cultural norms. Every society and culture has different gender role expectations, which are likely to change over a given period. Gender role definition occurs under various aspects such...
The moments that define an individual’s future adherence to one of the career paths do not always happen as a part of a plan. John Krumboltz developed the Planned Happenstance theory at the beginning of the 2000s based on the same principle of taking an unexpected chance and new opportunities...
Research Question How has the feminist movement affected today’s society? How do feministic ideas are reflected civil society? One of the major contemporary issues is feminism which was long debated to discover its influence on modern society. Feminism is a spectrum of ideologies, political and social movements aimed at expanding...
Third culture kids (TCKs) are identified as individuals who were raised, for the majority of the time, in a culture other than that of their parents. Bonebright investigates various aspects of TCK livelihood and puts an emphasis on their ability to relate to other people and cultures. According to the...
Introduction Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success is a scientific book about the culture’s role in creating optimal leadership strategies. It provides deep insight into the value of diversity in modern society and the opportunity to enforce it via the proper cross-cultural business administration. The book’s content...
Introduction Cult of domesticity was a widespread phenomenon in American society in the 1820-1860 years. Some specific cultural backgrounds have affected the position of women in the social hierarchy and their public role. Society, specifically men, has created the image of the perfect and ideal woman that the opposite sex...
Social stereotypes develop as a result of labeling a group of people with similar characteristics. For example, people can be categorized based on age, race, or gender (Zhang et al., 2018). Gender stereotyping seems to be an element of the traditional gender ideology that describes average differences between males and...
Introduction Sociological theories are applicable for understanding people’s behavior in general and for an improvement of commercial services, for example, restaurant services. lhelalat, Habiballah, and Twaissi (2017) wrote an article titled ‘The impact of personal and functional aspects of restaurant employee service behavior on customer satisfaction,’ which presents the authors’...
Everyone strives for self-expression because it is a source of positive emotions, inspiration, a desire to improve themselves, and a way to eliminate negative energy. One of the most effective ways of self-expression is creativity. A person devotes their time to what they like, for example, composing music or poetry,...
Public communication becomes possible when individuals enter the public sphere to deliver messages to other people or groups. In its turn, a public sphere is a social place where citizens gather and express their views on political, social, and economic matters (Crossley and Roberts, 2004). The concept of the public...
The debate over the use of animals for medical research is still heated and seems to be everlasting. Some suggest that this practice is morally wrong, while others oppose them, arguing there is no better option. Testing on animals in the lab provides researchers with valuable knowledge regarding a particular...
Dual-role relationships are a very important topic in the social working area since they can affect both sides: the specialist and the client. Still, the social worker is more susceptible to the situations when such relationships occur; they can have ethical dilemmas. Where a dual or multiple relationship exists, social...
Standpoint theory is regarded as a feminist theoretical perspective which argues that social position is the source of knowledge. The theory denies the idea that traditional science is objective, suggesting that theory and research have marginalized women and thinking among feminists. The standpoint theory is a critical concept considering that...
Introduction Language and thinking have long been a hot topic for discussion among linguists and philosophers. Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf’s research on language and thought proposed that language affects the way we think (Mihalic, 2017). However, psychologists have since disproved this theory as one rooted in empiricism. The...
In every community, there is a gender structure that provides bodies with inequality through the sex category. Consequently, gender derived from social structure concept has implications to members of the society, their personalities, and identities bringing effect on choices made. In a recent study, researchers argue that gender has to...
Judy Brady’s I Want a Wife is a feminist manifesto that dissects the early 1970s’ social stereotypes about the role of women in marriage and motherhood. Using rhetorical language, she paints a rather impressive new perspective of the seemingly familiar and clichéd picture of a married woman. Her essay is...
The film Cesar Chavez covers a currently relevant theme of mistreatment of immigrants in the United States. The movie’s central conflict revolves around the titular hero’s struggle to establish non-exploitative labor contracts from farm owners in California (Luna, 2014). As Cesar Chavez and his agricultural coworkers are predominantly immigrants, they...
Ethics are the moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or activity. The main difference between business ethics and personal ethics is that the former is a code of conduct imposed on an employee or employee of a particular profession. In contrast, personal ethics is a code of ethics that...
Introduction The idea of equality is transparent in all articles of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, the complex nature of people’s lives makes the concept less easy to implement. Various race- and gender-based limitations continue to exist in major parts of people’s everyday activities. One of...
Regarding the important issues in feminism, it is necessary to refer to the term socialist feminism, to examine the issues of the dualistic typification, beauty ideals, and the beauty industry in the context of feminism. It is also important to suggest some solutions and criteria stabilize newly appeared tense situations...
Checkoway, B. and Gutierrez, M.L., 2006. Youth Participation and Community Change. New York, Routledge. This is a very informative book that not only talks of the benefits that the youth get from participation in the community but also the positive changes that can be accrued from their participation in the...
Introduction Sexual agency is the ability to make decisions freely in situations that involve a sexual context. In particular, it is the choice of whether one wants to engage in sexual activity, how they want to do it, and whether or when they want to stop it or avoid it...
Being 21 years old, I am still searching for my role in the play of life and do not know who I am. That is why it was not an easy task to choose an artifact that would reflect my personality. I strongly associate myself with an ocean that might...
Sociological theories offer different philosophies with which to perceive the social world. A theory explains a particular phenomenon, providing the insight to understand and predict the occurrences within the social sphere. The ubiquity and inevitability of societal change make it a permanent phenomenon. While addressing an understanding of social change...
The speech “This Is Water” provided in the paper is an address to the students of Kenyon College made in 2005. In it, David Foster Wallace reviews some particularities of people’s minds and their unconscious attitude to the events and circumstances around them. The author uses the young fish asking...
Introduction People’s upbringing and assimilation in society mainly depend on their genders and the roles a particular social environment assigns to genders. While socialization as a process of acquiring a set of values and rules of behavior in a given society is essential for all groups, gender defines what specific...
Respect is one of the basic concepts that serve as the foundation of our world’s social framework. It is an essential element of personal and professional relationships because it builds mutual trust and affection. There are different ways in which it is possible to express respect, such as being attentive...
Androgyny refers to the presentation of both masculine and feminine characteristics within the same individual. The term androgyny can signify the self-presentation of one’s appearance and one’s gender identity. Before the 1970s, psychologists always perceived femininity and masculinity as two opposites on a unidimensional axis (Dean & Tate, 2016). They...
Introduction The ethical aspect of technological development is one of the primary challenges of the present-day world. It implies the emergence of conflicts between digital technologies such as the Internet promoting freedom of expression and intellectual property rights that can be violated as a consequence of the rapid spread of...
International human rights law defines human trafficking as the violation of an individual’s right to liberty and security through appropriation of their legal personality, labor and humanity. When a person is trafficked, they may be subjected to one of the following forms of inhumane treatment: slavery, servitude, forced labor, bonded...
Social interactions are an integral part of each person’s life. These relationships can change not only under the personal circumstances but also external factors, such as work. This paper aims to study the social cooperation of people in the workplace using interviews and analyze how the concepts of friendship and...
A group of people always needs a reliable leader who will manage their activity and set the right direction. Otherwise, the productivity of people’s work, no matter what they do, is often low. Only led by the right person, a group of people can become a closely-knit team. Surely, a...
Introduction From time immemorial, men and women have communicated using slightly different languages. This observation is accurate for almost all cultures and throughout human history. In some parts of the world, women and men have entirely different styles such that they cannot converse directly with each other (even though they...
Introduction Having a healthy generation of people is an important thing that any given government would wish to have. Therefore, it is essential to make sure that as people become of age, they are taught the importance of being calm no matter the situation that they might face in life....
Sociology is a natural science that gives meaning to social issues. The discipline exhibits the same weight, if not more, to the science of economics, political science, and medicine, among other important scholarships. Many people around the world tend to disregard sociology and its position in society. One, however, needs...
The question of whether sociology must be regarded as a science or not could prove very complicated unless one is clear as to what science is. Although arts and sciences are very distinct especially in methodology, it is not uncommon to notice given similarities or basic assumptions that are shared....
Is there a clear definition of beauty? Are there standards that define the limits of beauty? Are there entities that can be taken to be universal beauties? These are among the questions to be asked when trying to elucidate what beauty is. Trying to answer these questions will always give...
Margaret Fuller Margaret fuller was born in 1810 in England. She was a brilliant woman who started transcendentalism and championed the fight for women to be given equal rights as the men. Due to her brilliance she stood out, unfortunately she was unappreciated in the patriarchal society. She was an...
Have you ever wondered why it is mainly women who talk about the problems of other women? And why among these female speakers there are so many Hollywood artists? And, finally, what is that all for? The point is, famous females have the privilege to use their fame to share...
In the past two decades, database-relevant issues have become intense, considering the all-penetrating nature of the data collection. Approaching social, legal, and ethical concerns of modern database society might be challenging as we have entered a new digitised era of Big Data Revolution. It means that nowadays, society is facing...
Introduction Freedom of speech is considered one of the crucial aspects of any democratic society. There are many debates around this issue, as well as different positions supported and opposed. On the one hand, this right was supported by the representatives of the European Convention on Human Rights and incorporated...
Introduction Moral and ethical principles have become powerful models for guiding societies to achieve their potential and address their challenges. Unfortunately, some issues have remained divisive since they attract both support and objection from community members. A good example of such concerns is that of prostitution. The consequential moral system...
Introduction With the availability of social media platforms where young people spend most of their time interacting with friends, various stakeholders are concerned about issues related to the content shared, including privacy, information leakage, and the possible destruction of one’s self-image. Such platforms have led to the establishment of friends...
Traditional male-female relationships continue to be central to the plot of most modern movies. However, despite progressive attitudes in society, the representations of females are viewed through the scope of sexuality and voyeurism, which differs from reality. The film Passengers is a modern blockbuster that creates an intimate setting for...
Introduction Hip Hop music was introduced with the intention of combating poverty, racism, and violence that were prevalent in lower-income neighborhoods across the United States. The music targeted individuals who hailed from violent backgrounds with no or little education. The objective was to help them to devise survival tactics. With...
Introduction In any society, culture may be played out from different dimensions such as through masculinity and femininity. Masculinity entails a cultural dimension in which gender roles become distinct by spelling out characteristics that men should display. Such traits include materialism, assertiveness, and toughness among others. Conversely, women are expected...
Introduction Capitalism plays a major role in the separation of people according to class and status. Gay identity puts individuals into a different social class. In this paper, the author will review the link between gay identity and capitalism from the perspective of two essays. The two are written by...
David Takeuchi’s Survey at the University of Hawaii Summary The case study describes a survey performed by David Takeuchi and his team in 1974 which aimed at explaining the reasons for different treatment of marijuana by the students of the University of Hawaii (Babbie, 2016). Various explanations for this issue...
Dreams are a sequence of emotions, thoughts or images passing through an individual’s mind when asleep. In the scientific world, the study of dreams is called Oneirology that regards the dreams as the ones referred to different things as argued by various authors. They argue that dreams reflect the past,...
The concept of work has drawn attention of many scholars over the years who are trying to determine its relevance in the society. Although many scholars have been analyzing work from the works of early scholars such as Max Weber, many prominent people had analyzed this concept several hundreds of...
I have chosen the speech of Martin Luther King I Have a Dream for the analysis, as it is on the top of the ranking list. Martin Luther King is a widely known politician, who wanted to bring the equality to the American society and make the United States a...
The problem of women’s rights has been widely discussed throughout the past century. The historical experience shows that women have made a long and challenging way to gender equality. It has taken them a lot of pain and effort to receive the social treatment that is free from gender prejudice...
Though it is usually referred to as social animals and having the tendency to live in communities, people need personal privacy. Thus, according to the U.S. Constitution, every single citizen of the state is entitled to privacy based on the irrefutable rights that are provided to each U.S. resident since...
Analyzing My Philosophy of Epistemology Philosophers from the 13th to the 16th century all believed in the concept that the Earth was flat, yet today we know that it is round. Belief in knowledge being absolute invites the possibility of error and misjudged truths. It is due to this that...
Corporal punishment has always been a controversial subject not only for the United States but also for the rest of the world. Opinions are often divided when it comes to the effectiveness of corporal punishment as a tool for disciplining children. In most circles, corporal punishment is also known as...
Introduction In her book The Immigrant advantage Claudia Kolker describes the main ideas of a hui, a specific kind of the money club which is usually organized by immigrants from Vietnam. She states great importance of these clubs in helping immigrants recover from their migration and obtain some financial independence....
Introduction Social sciences are the study that encompasses geography with significant emphasis in the manner in which people live and plan themselves in the community. The sociological study usually takes place in the secondary and elementary institutions with a view of integrating the economics and geographical aspects of history and...
Introduction In the 2008 film Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood, the character of Walt Kowalski undergoes a significant transformation as he battles his prejudice and opens to cultural diversity. While initially hostile toward all local members of the Hmong community, the older man later develops a close connection with...
Defining Deviance and Its Link to Social Power Deviance in sociology is behavior that violates accepted norms, rules, or standards in a society or community. It’s important to note that what is considered deviant can vary significantly across different societies and cultures and may change over time within a given...
Introduction Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address is a thought-provoking and inspirational speech that transcends the typical commencement address. In this analysis, we will delve into the key themes, rhetorical devices, and unique vocabulary used by Jobs to convey his profound life lessons. Themes Connecting the Dots The first prominent...
Introduction Humans have long used animal testing to assess how the disease affects biology. There is debate about whether animal testing can be abandoned and moved to more humane and modern models that benefit humans and do not harm animals. Testing animals for scientific purposes in medicine is appropriate because...
Introduction For centuries, people in virtually every region of the world have often had to leave their homes and seek safety to escape persecution, armed conflict, or political violence. Recently, migration processes have been intensifying, and the crisis has been exacerbated by the fact that EU states have been unable...
Introduction The topic of identity and self-awareness has been widely discussed recently. The movie Moonlight by Barry Jenkins explores the problem of identity construction and transformation. The main character of the movie, Chiron, is portrayed going through three life states, each of which reveals different parts of his identity. At...
Good conflict is constructive and helps an organization to grow and improve, while bad conflict is destructive and damages relationships and productivity. Good conflict is based on different opinions and perspectives and leads to creative e solutions and better decision-making. Bad competition is based on personal attacks and power struggles,...
Introduction Communication is a mechanism by which the existence and development of human relations becomes possible. It includes facial expressions, gestures, tone of voice, writing, printing, telegraph, telephone and the latest achievements in the conquest of space and time. In the life of any person, communication occupies one of the...
People who self-identify as deaf, deaf-blind, hearing-impaired, late-deaf, and hard of hearing are all included in the term deaf today. Hearing loss that is so profound that there is little to no functional hearing is typically referred to as deaf people (Easterbrooks & Dostal, 2020). People who have been deaf...
Introduction The article “Black Lives Matter and the Civil Rights Movement: A Comparative Analysis of Two Social Movements in the United States” by Dewey M. Clayton provides an in-depth comparative analysis of two of the most significant social movements in American history (Clayton, 2018). The groups include the Civil Rights...
The documentary is about two friends named Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus and their minimalist, less is now ways of living. Many people have recognized minimalism as an extreme way of living because they believe minimalism means not having anything. Living with nothing contributes to the point that it...
Introduction Communication is crucial in shaping and reflecting relationships in a family. It is through conversations that one can identify the relationship that exists among family members. Furthermore, communication enables one to negotiate relationships with family members and outside individuals. Engaging in talks indicates the state of the relationship between...
Psychologist Henri Tajfel first introduced social identity theory in 1979. The theory posits that an individual’s self-identity is rooted in social interactions or relations with other members of society (Hogg, 2018). This theory suggests that to develop a sense of self-worth, we invest in building meaningful statuses in the social...
Introduction Utilitarianism distinguishes right from wrong based on the outcomes. As such, it is a representation of consequentialism. The locus of utilitarianism is choosing a course of action that produces optimal good for the largest number (Chen, 2021). Keeping the previous argument in mind, the ethical analysis of the Bakun...
Objectives The aim is to study modern contacts between representatives of different cultures, arising both within the same and different states, and whether they carry problems, misunderstandings, or conflicts in communication. Establish whether they are associated with stereotypes and prejudices. And also, to identify ways to reduce conflicts in international...
Abbey’s essay Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks featured in his book Desert Solitaire (1968), discusses his work as a ranger for the U.S. Park Services in the 1950s. With this essay, Abbey builds strong advocacy for environmental issues related to the functioning of national parks through an extensive...
Nowadays, freedom of speech is generally considered something clear and self-explanatory. If I were to define the concept of freedom of speech, I would call it the ability of a person to express themselves and their thoughts independently of circumstances. This ability does have many benefits from the viewpoint of...
Summary Nowadays, it is impossible to always and forever live in harmony with others. When billions of people live on the Earth, everyone has different opinions and does not always coincide with others’ views. It is almost impossible for a person to earn money, live, and generally be happy without...
Introduction Technology has revolutionized most aspects of life, including societal norms, beliefs, and values. Its impact on people has been felt in various areas of social, economic, and political fields, including human engagement, institutional development, governance, human relations, business, and sports, just to mention a few (Hardey 101). The continued...
Basic Knowledge The book Rhetoric in the Middle Ages, by James J. Murphy, clarified how, why, and when classical rhetoric ceased, and medieval rhetoric began. Although the events described in the book were not new to me, I managed to understand the logic of the transition from one tradition to...
It is hard to disagree that there are numerous historical examples of how words can be a powerful instrument of influential and moral people who want to inform or persuade others. One such speech is I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered in 1963. In this...
Social conflict results from growing contradictions that appear as a conflict between diverse social groups. Social conflicts unavoidably arise and worsen as a result of the heterogeneity of society and variations in status and well-being. Because this process involves disputes and their resolution, Coser saw social conflicts as one of...
Gender norms are a rather controversial and complicated topic. Stereotypes and pressure towards both men and women have had an impact on both sides. Women are usually expected to be quiet, passive and obedient, while men are expected to be more assertive, strong and independent. Fortunately, various countries are unlearning...
Introduction Grounded theory (GT) is one of the most well-known and relevant approaches to generating meaningful hypotheses in qualitative research. This method allows to inducement of ideas directly from the collected data, and experts have perceived it as a central qualitative methodology since the 1960s. However, as Carlin and Kim...
Many travelers are looking for sexual adventures – and are willing to pay for it. Minors are victims as well; however, many tourist destinations shy away from addressing this issue. Experts underscore that sex tourism is a very varied phenomenon found in almost every country in the world. Even though...
Europe has long been a center of attraction for migrants from all over the world. It is due both to the developed health care, education, and security system, as well as to the overall level of development of the countries of the European Union. Many migrants do not migrate for...
Introduction Many people want to live in a perfect world where everyone acts according to morals. However, various obstacles and problems make life much more difficult, and the fact that numerous humans allow evil to control them is the reason why the cycles of evil are challenging to break. Thankfully,...
Most Favorite Theory I genuinely enjoyed learning about the feministic muted group theory, which implies that women could not express themselves fully in Western society. This inability to recognize their voices resulted in the lack of linguistic representation of females in the nation’s language (Griffin et al., 2019). It was...
Introduction The relevance of the idea of justice for modern societies is not in dispute, and the discourse of justice occupies one of the critical positions in the entire spectrum of political currents. Justice is recognized as an independent value with ethical and social characteristics. In health care, equity is...
Introduction The introductory part’s central idea is that people can use different conversational devices to establish communication. By using a variety of linguistic phenomena, individuals can control how others utilize reasoning to justify their claims. Arguments maps can be created by several means, which is curious to observe in arguing...
Donna Haraway is one of the most prominent scholars of feminist and posthumanist theories. Her work focuses on how society imposes boundaries on the concept of humans due to the separation between humans and animals and humans and machines. Therefore, she develops a concept of a cyborg as a metaphor...
Introduction Creating a safe and welcoming environment for all participants is one of the core requirements for positive and productive communication. However, in some settings, achieving the goal of peaceful opinion and knowledge sharing becomes especially challenging due to the collision of perspectives, beliefs, and other cultural characteristics of individuals...
Ex-offenders often encounter an atmosphere that discourages them from becoming productive citizens when released in the United States. Studies have shown that within three years of their release, 67.8 percent of ex-offenders are rearrested (Astrada 2018). With almost two million individuals jailed in the United States, recidivism damages both convicts’...
Annotated Bibliography Adamiak, Marzena. “Gender Stereotypes in Emmanuel Lévinas’ Concept of Subject.” Gender in Focus, 2018, pp. 195-206. The article aims at providing the reader with a reflection on the development of gender stereotypes and their effect on the people. The source will be essential in providing information on how...
Introduction Work is one of the vast parts of human lives. Occupation contributes to the moral development of the people and is closely connected with the process of personality forming. The constant focus of people’s lives on work is undeniable. Particular work direction forms the understanding of who they are....
Introduction Sociology can be termed as the study of social human relationships and institutions. Sociology’s subject matter has a wide range, from crime to religion, family to state, race divisions and social class to common culture and shared beliefs, and from stability to essential change in society. Sociology’s purpose of...
Introduction According to study findings, this paper analyses second-generation Asian American women, particularly Korean and Vietnamese immigrant women, regarding gender and racial discrimination. The research aims to integrate race and gender factors from a social angle by interviewing a hundred daughters of Korean and Vietnamese immigrants. White women are the...
Over the past decades, substantial progress has been made in the realm of female participation in the workforce, yet as more women get jobs, the more problematic the issue of work-life balance becomes for them. In her article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” Anne-Marie Slaughter states, “The women...
Throughout the history of humanity, a woman has been assigned the role of being dependent on a man and, to some extent, subordinate to him. It seems to us that even though a lot has changed in the sexist-patriarchal structure of the world by the XXI century and it would...
The organization in which I volunteered for 25 hours is the Eastern Star “Imperial Chapter 431”. This subsection of the Order of Eastern Star is devoted to providing positive Biblical values into society by developing modern society’s charitable, educational, fraternal, and scientific factors (About Order of the Eastern Star, n.d.)....
In his TEDx Talks speech titled “How to deal with difficult people”, Jay Johnson (TEDx Talks, 2018) shares some useful methods on how to talk with people that we do not like very much. He argues that the best way to deal with somebody unpleasant is by changing ourselves and...
Pre-urban settlements have existed for a long time now – at least approximately ten thousand years. However, serious studies of urban life began only in the middle of the 19th century. According to Borer et al., this is due to it being the age when urban places as we know...
Introduction The ability to communicate with each other is a rather beneficial skill. However, it is essential to remember that there are several different types of communication, and one should be aware of the social functions of each and develop various social skills. The purpose of this paper is to...
All issues related to gender have been rather acute and debated since early times. Indeed, using such questions, one can deftly manipulate people for the sake of one’s benefit. Sometimes, it is done to raise a rating of some political party or politician. Nevertheless, the state of Arkansas recently has...
This paper reflects Daniel Alarcon’s Absence, a work that concerns the topic of immigration and how immigrants feel while settling down in a new country. Given that the book, which is reflected upon, examines an artist’s life, writing this paper helped me better understand one of the essential aspects of...
Science is an area that has faced a lot of controversy in modern society. Science is worth understanding and pursuing as it involves evidence and intensive research and findings. Basic knowledge of distribution, production, and processing borrows the knowledge of science heavily. Most people view science as a complicated issue,...
Introduction Identity development occurs throughout a person’s lifetime by defining who one is. Based on the sheer scope of studies that have delved into this area of psychology research, multiple theories have emerged. Key sections of this paper discuss Erikson’s theory of identity as the traditional model of identity development...
Kohlberg’s model of moral development is regarded as a theory that focuses on the way children develop the ethical form of reasoning. In 1958, Lawrence Kohlberg strongly agreed with Piaget’s theory of moral development, founded in 1932 in principle, but he intensely wanted to explore and further his ideas. Therefore,...
What determines the gender of an individual, nature or nurture, was of interest to people long before the advent of gender studies. The myth of Iphis is a prime example of it. According to Moore (2021), the myth is about “a girl, raised as a boy, who loves another girl...
People are flawed creatures who are prone to be biased and rude, who could betray and lie remorselessly. One of the most complicated ethical problems that appear in any group of people working or studying together is gossip. From one point of view, harmless gossip might improve interpersonal relations between...
The study under investigation focuses on several specific objectives. First, the authors wanted to examine the relationship between ethnic identity and quality of life (QOL) (Utsey et al. 367). Moreover, the second aim was to investigate the influence of ethnic group membership on stress levels associated with race and ethnic...
Conflicts are an important consideration to take when working in a medical sphere, as their existence can impact the health delivery process in a variety of ways. By definition, a conflict is an event where two or more parties experience an incompatibility between their goals, ideas, beliefs, methods, or expectations...
Persuasion is a sort of communication that influences others’ opinion. The readings of this week have the art of language in common when providing the description of persuasion (Messina, 2007; Borchers, 2013; Gass & Seiter, 2018). Moreover, readings highlight that persuasion impacts feeling and emotions of the audience to change...
Introduction In recent years, community development has become strongly associated with social capital. However, social capital is a broad term, and there are many definitions of the term used in social sciences today. One of the most widely accepted views on social capital was proposed by Robert Putnam (DeFilippis, 2001)....
There has been a shift in the usual gender roles; a man or a woman is not only a biological being but also a sample of particular features. The search for social harmony, acceptance of one’s strengths and weaknesses are acute global problems. Nowadays, people’s problems are caused by imposed...
Introduction Visual aids are things that are of a visual form and used on top of spoken information. These help many to understand the world through reading images. They help to enhance presentations by improving the understanding of listeners on a particular topic, making an impact and creating enthusiasm. Its...
It is a widely known fact that research studies involving human subjects must be approved by a committee to ensure the safety of the participants. The modern ethical guidelines are often informed by the failure to consider the physical and psychological health and well-being of the participants. One such research...
Introduction People from different cultural backgrounds negotiate in cross-cultural negotiations. While the usual expectation is that cross-cultural negotiations occur between other countries, studies between distinct cultures within the same country can also occur, such as studies involving European-Americans and Native Americans (Groves, 2015). Multicultural communication and intercultural negotiations are both...
Introduction In 2014 Christina Fallin posted a picture wearing a traditional Native American headwear with a tongue-in-cheek title “Appropriate Culturation” that sparked an online scandal. The controversy forced her music band, Pink Pony, to publish an official statement in response to the criticism. This essay will analyze the ethical issues...
Various factors influence one’s lifespan development, such as health and well-being, parenting, education, socio-cultural contexts and diversity, and social policy. These factors vary significantly in their importance throughout one’s life. For instance, for a newborn baby, health and well-being are vital, as this is when a human organism is very...
Human sexuality is a term that is defined differently depending on the sphere of the definition. It encompasses biological, physiological, cultural, legal and philosophical dimensions. Biologically, it is the human’s reproductive system which includes emotions responsible for social bonds and sexual attraction. This involves knowledge of physiological working of one’s...
Nowadays, in many countries, abortion legalization is “frozen” intentionally because of the conflict of interests. On the one hand, politicians want to increase their social rating by providing populist measures of birth rate increasing among developed countries’ citizens. On the other hand, there is a dilemma that states whether to...
I have a dream is a short utterance in which Martin Luther King believes that blacks and whites will be equal and can get rid of prejudices. Ford and Lockett (2018) assert that this address is regarded as one of the most successful speeches in history and has been admitted...
The straw man argument is a logical fallacy in which the appearance of refuting an argument is created by replacing the actual subject of the debate with a false one. The effectiveness of this technique is explained by the fact that when using it, the opponent’s argument begins to look...
Introduction The elderly face many challenges, such as physical and mental health issues, financial constraints, and negative societal attitudes toward aging. In the United States, age discrimination is a common problem for older adults, adversely affecting their well-being. The baby boom generation lives in a distinctive historical moment due to...
Essay 1 About a week ago, I witnessed how my Black friend refused to buy herself lunch because she was supposedly saving for something important. I recklessly suggested sharing mine, but her negative answer was firm, which was a stark contrast against the diminutive figure. Perhaps, it was always there,...
Convicted felons are individuals found to be guilty of serious offenses, including raping, first-degree murder, and kidnapping, therefore, leaving them no choice but to spend more than one year in prison. According to Whitt, 8% of the US’s current total population represents the number of convicted felons, and, as a...
Introduction The issue of child welfare is quite complicated especially when it is placed within the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child. Canada is one of the countries in the world in which a large number of cases of inequality in terms of child...
The division of labor can be described as the process of separating tasks in an economic system so that individuals can specialize based on their specific competencies. The concept was popularized by Adam Smith when he noted that productivity increases when workers are divided and assigned different roles. Emile Durkheim...
Introduction Listening styles refer to the general way in which a person attends to other people’s messages. Vickery and Ventrano (2020) explain that understanding various listening modes and the appropriate time to implement them helps individuals enhance their communication skills and better listeners. Although people might assume that being a...
The scenario of the video focuses on the conflict of interest and proposes means to encourage moral behavior. The video provides plenty of examples that center around the conflicting incentives, which always leads to a poor outcome at some point (McCombs School of Business, 2019). Most vivid cases include episodes...
Personal Status It is primarily necessary to mention that every individual is assigned with a specific social status from their birth as well as achieves other statuses during their lifetime. The term status refers to the measurement of a person’s value that gives a chance to experience certain privileges and...
Today’s society is developed using practices that follow predefined protocols. Professionals follow procedures required for implementing assigned roles and responsibilities. People enhance social interactions by maintaining varying norms as are necessary for a progressive relationship (Segre, 2014). Besides, leaders also ensure strict adherence to regulations that govern the economic and...
More than 100 years after Simmel’s description of the stranger, they are still present in modern societies. Moreover, labeling certain groups of the population as strangers in public discourse is more widespread than ever. A typical example of it is labor migrants and their descendants. An immigrant is an obvious...
The concept of gender roles has existed as long as a society, and it does not lose its relevance to this day. The study of women’s position is a subject of research that has generated much discussion, even in ancient times. However, often only writers could show the life of...
Introduction This essay will begin with a brief description of the nature of my placement and the setting. The law and guidance relating to the policy framework will be identified. I will also make a distinction between the legislation and the statutory guidance that underpins the practice, before broadly establishing...
Introduction Food has become a major human right issue today. Food is a necessity to every person since no person can live without it. The increase in, famine, hunger, malnutrition and other food related problems in the world have motivated more commitment to food. Access to adequate and quality food...
Communication is an essential component of any culture. Every day people engage in interpersonal and group interactions either locally or internationally. Businesses are continually establishing strong relationships with new partners, students find common ground with their teachers and classmates, and individuals build global friendships. However, millions of contemporary world citizens...
Introduction With the rising attention that is being accorded to ethical values both in research studies and specialized practice, there is a need to comprehend the way that such moral principles are attained. There is often the assumption that learners will easily realize necessary obligations as they continue with their...
This paper introduced the concept of social stratification and mobility in the United States. In the USA, people are categorized into different groups based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, and family ancestry. People further categorize others based on intellectual capabilities, personal and professional skills, appearance as well as achievements....
