Sociology Discussions

1) Discussion Forum Question

This chapter discusses women and children in poverty. Chapter 8 covered human trafficking, however, I think it is an issue that also relates to poverty.  Even though the U.S.A. is considered a wealthy nation we have our own issues with poverty and human trafficking.

For your discussion, pick one of the following topics and research it on the internet. Discuss how it is an issue here in the States. Include the citation or source of your information.

1. Women and children in poverty

2. Human trafficking

Your post should be in paragraph format, free of typos and grammatical errors, and at least 5-7 sentences long and two paragraphs in length.

2) Discussion Forum Question

Go to the following website:

https://thesocietypages.org/

Once you are at the home page, click on gender, race or inequality. Find a short article and do the following:

1. Summarize the article in a detailed paragraph.

2. For the second paragraph, pick a quote from the article and give me an example of how you have seen something similar with regard to race, ethnicity and family struggles.

Your post should be in paragraph format, free of typos and grammatical errors, and at least 5-7 sentences long and two paragraphs in length.

3) Discussion Forum Question

• This chapter introduces you to an important concept; the social construction of gender. Gender construction means that we learn our gender from those people in our society. Different societies have different cultural expectations. For example, a part of the female traditional gender role for women is cooking and childcare. However, how many of you know men who are better cooks than women? Aren’t men just as capable of being a good parent?
• Discuss and give at least three examples of how gender is a social construction. You will look for other cultures who ‘do gender’ differently than we do here in the States. Cite your example with a source from the internet.