Social Constructs Definition

The article dated 09.06.2016 by, Greater Good Science Center was an interesting article that talks about aging and how some people have negative attitudes towards the concept of getting older. There are many people that fear getting older because they feel that old age will make them less popular and looked upon as an old person. They feel that young people will toss them aside and forget about them. Some even feel that their own families will push them away and will not have time to spend with them because their hearing gets bad or their walking gets slower and many other reason but they feel that there is a lack of respect for older people these days as well. Many people do not respect nor treat

Society is big on staying and looking young. People are constantly working out, watching what they eat, and getting surgeries such as botox and breast augmentation. Our society is too concerned on looking youthful. Morrie had aging in better perspective, "The young are not wise, they have very little understanding about life. Who wants to live every day when you don't know what's going on? When people are manipulating you, telling you to buy this perfume and you'll be beautiful, or this pair of jeans and you'll be sexy… It's very simple. As you grow you learn more. If you'd stayed at twenty-two, you'd always be ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, it's growth." Aging is more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die and that you live a better life because of it.

Ageism and stereotypes of older people can have an important impact on their physical health, mental health and overall wellbeing. Negative stereotypes of older people being dependent and decrepit can be internalized and become self-fulfilling. These ageist thoughts and stereotypes can lead to older people not seeking health care in general and to not get treatment appropriate for their illness or medical condition due to their age and not based on any other factor.

Age is one of the most common things that people discriminate about. They will prejudge people. For example,

The connection between immigration policy and social construction is very motivating and worthwhile because social construction has an influence on immigration policy and the numerous factors in social construction also play a part in forming immigration policies. Immigration is the process of permanently entering a country. Social construction is the most common question that is debated is “what makes a person American or who gets to be called an America” (lecture). Immigration is the process of permanently entering a country. During the 18th and 19th century, America wanted to attract skilled immigrant workers so entrance to the United States was very encouraged.

Sociologists argue that race is a social construction because they believe that passively everyone automatically makes assumptions. They argue that race impacts daily life even if we are not aware of it. This can be seen from different people and races around the world such as Caucasian, African, and Asian. Someone might automatically assume a trait that someone has by just looking at him or her. On the other hand, determining race can be different in each different country. For instance, In the United States, someone who is of darker complexion might be considered black. In a country further south, they might not be considered dark at all. In my opinion, I think that this also has to do with the type of tendencies

So, when we say "race is a social construct" what we mean is that "people are all built with the same blocks, they don't vary much from person to person or group to group, and the only major differences are the ones we make for ourselves."

Social construct may be defined as the social mechanism or a category which has been created by the society. It may either be a perception which is created by an individual or an idea which is constructed as a result of the culture. The present society has created a large number of constructs which are not good. In this paper, the discussion will be done on the social construction of race and gender and the problems associated with the same. In addition to this, how can social construct forms to be the basis for discrimination and prejudice will be discussed? Further, racism and sexism will be discussed with examples. Further discussion will be done on patriarchy and its role in racism and sexism will be added.

Social Construction affects reality by people thinking that one ethnicity is superior than the other ethinicity. People themselves separate and categories each other. As the passage said, "Nondisabled people can live secure in other people's assumption that they are sexualbeings capable of an active sex life, including the potential to have children and beparents." People categorized that being disabled has it flaws and they can't produce children. This is not true disabled people can also, have children. The social construction has people believing they can only fall into certain

Social scientists define social construct as a social mechanism, phenomenon or category created and developed by society; a perception of an individual, group, or idea that is constructed through cultural or social practice. Social constructs or social constructions define meanings, notions, or connotations that are assigned to objects and events in the environment and to people’s notions of their relationships to and interactions with these objects. In the domain of social constructionist thought, a social construct is an idea or notion that appears to be natural and obvious to people who accept it but may or may not represent reality, so it remains largely an invention or artifice of a given society. Depending on the constructionist perspective,

I am a girl and I wear short shorts. I am a girl and I sometimes drink until five am in the morning. I am a girl and I may or may not have a thing for other girls. Is there something wrong with me? I don’t think so, but some of you might think otherwise. It’s okay, I understand. I understand that most of you don’t understand; which is why I’m here. “Girls should cover up”, “girls should not be drinking in the first place, let alone go home at five am”, and “girls should be with boys”, because as the saying goes “Adam is for Eve, not Adam is for Steve,” which is a pretty messed up statement, if I might add.

I enjoyed reading your post. According to Dictionary.reference.com (2015), “social construction is a social mechanism, phenomenon, or category created and developed by society; a perception of an individual, group, or idea that is ‘constructed’ through cultural or social practice”.

1, To say that race and gender are socially constructs means that while both race and gender help shape the world in which we live, society can alter their meaning and significance. They have power because we give them power. Race is a social construct because, by definition, society can and does arbitrarily define it. For example, when American society forbidden interracial marriage (Conley 331), and determined an individual's race using the “one drop rule,” where someone is considered black if even their most distant ancestor was black. This is an example of how race can be imposed upon someone without his or her own individual endorsement. Race is not even biologically sound. Wayne Joseph was a man who was born and raised black, yet from

(a) What is a social construction and why is gender considered one? (b) In what ways is gender a dichotomy?

Social Constructionism is controlled or determined by on how the society has constructed the facts, information, and skills in someone’s brain. For example, Money would just be a piece of paper if humans did not give it value. An inevitable occurrence cannot be explained just by the society one lives in. For example, one does not need social constructionism to define a volcano and holds its own meaning. This phenomenon is known as brute facts.