Prostitution is a label in which someone obtains through the act of selling oneself’s body for monetary exchange. In which, many women face this labeling more than men do. Women come to terms of this label through not only their actions but also through the environment and the background they come from. Through the retrospectiveContinue reading “Mandatory post”
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(H) 446-460: Gracey, Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp
When we are little, we begin our journey to understanding why things happen and why we have to behave certain ways and look certain ways. Little do we know that everything we are told is simply socially constructed. We begin to follow this norm because everyone has agreed to it and everyone else follows it.Continue reading “(H) 446-460: Gracey, Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp”
(H) 470-480: Hunt, Police Accounts of Normal Force
In today’s world, we see policemen in a conflicting light. Many incidents that have recently been challenged upon through the involvement with the police and judicial system have created a new view on how society handles its justice system. Policemen and policewomen are handpicked and trained for years and are intensely submerged into the justiceContinue reading “(H) 470-480: Hunt, Police Accounts of Normal Force”
Required Entry
Looking towards our modern society in todays view, we have come to distinguish a new norm. Over the past couple months, society has changed many of its daily life activities because of a new wave of change that has affected the world dramatically. However, looking back to the beginning, this new norm seemed ridiculous andContinue reading “Required Entry”
(H) 322-334 Rosenhan, On Being Sane in Insane Places
Sanity is a term in which society uses to decipher what is normal and expected. When people think of insanity, they come to think of crazy people out of their minds that do not make any sense. In reality, sanity and insanity can’t even be deciphered and distinguished correctly. Sanity can be described as beingContinue reading “(H) 322-334 Rosenhan, On Being Sane in Insane Places”
Mandatory Blog
When I was a kid, my style was very much tomboyish. I remember growing up with my brothers and never really being interested in the typical things little girls were expected to be interested in. Instead of playing with barbie dolls I would play with my brother and his action figures simply because it seemedContinue reading “Mandatory Blog”
(H) 315-321 Zimbardo, The Pathology of Imprisonment
Everyone in life takes on a role, whether it be a parent, student, teacher, nurse. Roles are a cycle in society to continue the working process of functionality which keeps everyday life consistent and organized. Roles in prisons are similarly portrayed, however there is no order or limits to power which are established. Prisons areContinue reading “(H) 315-321 Zimbardo, The Pathology of Imprisonment”
(H) 277-286 Henslin: Eating Your Friends is the Hardest
Cannibalism in a society is deemed as radical and sinful, however when facing a great obstacle that determines your death or survival, it can be the only option left. In the crash of the F-227 plane the survivors were faced with the harsh reality of what their lives were to become over the next coupleContinue reading “(H) 277-286 Henslin: Eating Your Friends is the Hardest”
(JBC) 245 Wedding Dreams
In thinking about my perfect wedding, I didn’t begin to map it out in my mind until I reached about 15 years of age. Up until then I never really gave it much thought nor did I give it thought that I would one day be married. For me it was never really in myContinue reading “(JBC) 245 Wedding Dreams”
(H) 425-431 Coontz: The American Family
The model of the American family has changed significantly throughout the centuries. We see a typical American family as what is portrayed on television and films but the reality is that the average American family has been through several troubled situations that have put our society at risk. For example, survival rates for families wereContinue reading “(H) 425-431 Coontz: The American Family”