Tag: Sociology

Please number and answer the following questions, based on readings and occasionally a video. When you refer to the reading in your answer, put the author’s last name in parentheses – example: (Brandt). Do not repeat the question; simply number then answer. Your total word count for this exam should be minimum 1000 words. All answers must be in your own words; no direct quoting from material or readings is allowed. In other words, you of course will summarize points from the readings, but the key word is summarize. You must put the readings’ points into your own words; please do not quote word-for-word from the readings.

1. Based on the reading (C)Donnelly, Burgess, Simonds, explain how each of the following theories view human sexuality: functionalism, conflict theory, and social constructionist theory. How do feminist theory and queer theory challenge the above theories? That is, how do feminist theory and queer theory approach human sexuality? Finally, what is intersectionality?

2. According to lecture but primarily the movie “Kinsey,” what was Kinsey’s background? That is, what was his training, what was he famous for studying before he started studying human sexuality? What prompted Kinsey to begin studying human sexuality? What was Kinsey’s research methodology, and how/why did he train his research team? What were Kinsey’s two publications, and what did they reveal about sex? How was each publication received by the general public? That is, how did people react to each of his books? Finally, based on lecture, explain what it means to practice good ethics when doing human sexuality research. Explain with examples from the reading (9)Brandt how the Tuskegee Syphilis Study committed huge ethical violations.

3. According to the reading (C)Alavi, what was this study’s methodology? In other words, what was Alavi studying? What were this study’s research findings? Give examples of how the dildos themselves as well as their packaging and descriiptions reinforce racist stereotypes.

4. According to the reading (16)Simonds and Jungels, what are some limitations of children’s sex education books in their study? Specifically explain with examples how these books oversimplified differences between girls and boys as well as reinforced heterosexuality while making homosexuality seem deviant. According to the reading (20)Schalet, how do American vs Dutch parents (on average) differ in how they view teen sexuality? How does Schalet explain these differences?

5. Based on lecture as well as reading (2)Davis, explain what it means to be intersex. According to the reading, how are the outcomes for individuals who were put into surgeries as infants? Give examples. Finally, what is the difference between the terms DSD vs intersex, and who usually identifies with each term and why?

There are TWO parts to this essay. Your essay should address each of the questions answered in essay format.

2-3 pages minimum including an introduction and a conclusion. 10-11 pt font.

1. Visit the website below
http://crown.org/
Go to the website
Click on MONEY
FINANCIAL CALCULATORSLinks to an external site.
choose from the list
Do at least two of the calculators and summarize your findings.
Did you feel like this site was helpful to family financial planning?
Also, visit this website:
http://www.daveramsey.com

You will read chapter 2 and create Cornell notes. You will write main points and summary of that chapter. I will upload the Cornell Notes template that shows what is the format of the assignment. I will put an educational video link that talks about the format of the paper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErSjc1PEGKE

1. Choose a country (NOT THE UNITED STATES).
2. Research the state of human trafficking in your chosen country.
3. What does human trafficking look like in this country?
4. How does globalization contribute to human trafficking in this country?
5 .Where is this country failing in addressing their issues of human trafficking?
6. Does the trafficking in this country have a connection to trafficking in the United States through global networks? How?

Make 3 properly cited references to the course material or outside sources.

Incorporate one (1) current event from 2020/2021/2022 and properly cite the source where this information was obtained.

Source can be from a national or local newspaper, its corresponding website, or a legitimate news website (CNN, MSNBC, Google News, Yahoo News, Fox News, etc.). Articles and information from Wikipedia, personal web pages or any blogs WILL NOT be accepted.

Word Count must be included at the end of essay

In a 5 page paper, explore a workplace organization and their policies around diversity. Analyze the diversity of the organization and develop a report about how you would bring a new workshop, event, or speaker series to the organization to enrich their approach to diversity. If the organization has a great program already in place, think about how you might contribute to what they already have.
Choose a workplace organization (the one you’re employed with or perhaps one you would like to work for) and review their policies on embracing diversity. A good place to research this information is on a company’s human resources page. You can also look at some public information data for an organization on the Glass Door (Links to an external site.) website. If your organization is a public organization (college, university, government employment agency, or nonprofit), that information will be public and on the organization’s website.
• For this assignment, you should focus on race and ethnicity, because this Module deals with race and ethnicity, but note also that diversity includes ability, age, religion, gender, sexuality, etc.
• Consider how this event might help the organization’s staff use their creativity and awareness to imagine a community which truly values diversity.
• Brainstorm what this community would be like if they had an environment that truly valued racial and ethnic diversity, based on the research you conducted.
• Feel free to explore different sorts of diversity activities listed on the Internet, but you must come up with your own activity.
• Conduct research using scholarly sources to review Affirmative Action policies regarding education and employment as well as making sure you have done all of the reading for this week before completing your assignment.
Instructions:
• Write a 5-page paper or about 1500 words, not including the title and reference pages, which are required. Be sure to incorporate a clear explanation of your proposed activity in the body of your paper, with detail, context, and analysis. This is important.
• Your paper must be properly cited and formatted
• Include a formal References page. This is an individual paper; however, you should reflect on our Discussion Forums and incorporate ideas from there as appropriate.
• You must support your analysis with at least three scholarly references and can include resources from this course. Sources such as Wikipedia, USA Today, Fox News, or MSNBC news will not be accepted

The response papers are 1-2 double-spaced page written assignments that require you to engage with the course material to develop an argument of your own. Each paper should cover one week’s material and can cover any week before its due date and after the previous due date. This allows some element of choice in topic while also requiring steady progress and ensuring timely feedback.

Links for the sources

Sept. 7th Introduction and course logistics

Barnard, Anne, Corey Kilgannon, Jazmine Hughes, Emma Goldberg, and Stephanie Mei-Ling. 2022. “It’s Going to Be a Hot Summer. It Will Be Hotter If You’re Not Rich.” The New York Times, May 28. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/28/nyregion/heat-waves-climate-change-inequality.html

Mon., Sep. 12th

Readings Oreskes and Conway, The Collapse of Western Civilization (New York: Columbia University Press, 2015). This very short work of speculative fiction, informed by current climate models, is available online from the Library at:

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1702216~S4 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Two of the Following:

Stern, White nationalists’ extreme solution to the coming environmental apocalypse https://theconversation.com/white-nationalists-extreme-solution-to-the-coming environmental-apocalypse-121532 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Allison and Miller, Why science needs the humanities to solve climate change

https://theconversation.com/why-science-needs-the-humanities-to-solve-climate change-113832 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Palm and Bolsen, Climate scientists may not be the best communicators of climate threats https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-may-not-be-the-best-communicators-of-climate-threats-121901 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

David, Espange, and Marx, Inequality and climate change: the rich must step up https://theconversation.com/inequality-and-climate-change-the-rich-must-step-up-119074 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Franzen, What if we stopped pretending? https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-if-we-stopped-pretending (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Sept. 14th

Read the introduction to Foster, J. Bellamy, Clark, B.,

Functionalist Theorizing: Talcott Parsons and Beyond
INSTRUCTIONS
Read Chapter 3: Talcott Parsons’ Analytical Functionalism and Chapter 5: Efforts to Revitalize Functionalism from CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY by Jonathan H. Turner
View the powerpoint lecture.
Discussion:
Discussion Posts are no less than 500 words. Your discussion post needs to answer the following questions:
1. What is/are the main question(s) addressed by the author(s)?
2. What is the significance of that question for key issues in the field?
3. What are competing answers to that question?
4. What would be a different, valid way of addressing the same question, preferably one you regard as superior? Provide examples.

Discuss the issues that families are coping with today in regard to the opioid crisis and drug-related deaths of our young adults today. Drugs do not discriminate, affecting each and every one of our families in some way. Discuss a topic in this area and how it has affected our families today.

You must support your response with scholarly sources in APA format.

Addressing today’s problem with school violence is a complicated one. Use this Discussion Board thread to suggest and explain how you would implement change in school systems to make them safer. Was bullying or disrespectful treatment of a child a rooted cause for these horrible actions? What can schools do to better address the treatment of others within their school districts? Try and use some new and innovative ideas to make our children safer, yet not turn our schools into detention facilities.  

Each Wednesday you will turn in a reflection memo, with your personal reactions to the course material. You should use this exercise as an opportunity to integrate course material with your own life and experiences, and for you to give me feedback on how the course is going for you. The content of the memos should focus on both the course material and your experiences but are otherwise open to you. For example, you might discuss your reaction to class discussions, films, lectures, or readings, report on an event in your life or conversations you’ve had with friends and family about course material. These are not reading or lecture summaries. Your reflection memos should be no less than a paragraph but no more than a page