Kayla Armstead Sociology Research Paper D. Kadanoff December 10th, 2015 Is Race More Real Than Gender? : The Social Construction of Race & Gender Race and gender are two facets that inherently dominate individuals everyday lives. A person’s social environment, work environment, and educational environment is congruent to their race and gender. From birth, it has been set up that everyone is assigned to a label. A pink or blue blanket is swaddled around a newborn child and a box is checked…

is good at tennis, or like Shaq is better at dunking. So no one can really say which ever one is better. Men view a woman’s friendliness as a sexual attraction than women. Males are more likely to perceive interactions in sexual terms than female. As a result, this can affect how men view women in sports. Studies confirm that females are physically different than men. However, that does not mean that women will not respond different than men in sports activities. Commentators talk about athletes…

Gender is more than just the body one is born into, it is the way they choose to perform. In entertainment culture, there has always been a strong distinction between the male and female genders. In stories, paintings, and dances, the men are more dominate and strong while the women are soft and submissive. Men generally carry or have the strongest effect on the story line, while the women are only influenced by the men’s decisions. By using a traditional and stereotypical story, we can investigate…

Forensic psychology is a varied field that can lead to more than one career option, and provides more than one path to get into the position you’re seeking. A master’s degree is required to work in the field of forensic psychology. With a master’s degree you could work as a correctional officer, a parole or probation officer, or as a counselor to criminal offenders, a counselor to victims of crime, or a counselor to people who abuse drugs and alcohol. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…

In recent times the subject of sexual assault has become more important than ever. Over the decades, as the world becomes more promiscuous and the boundaries of what is too far become blurry and unsure, more and more cases of rape have come to light. We live in a society where sexual assault is simply a part of everyday life, and as horrific as it is, it is still running rampant and virtually unpunished. At this point, women (and men, though it is less often a problem) need ways to protect themselves…

Love is more than just physical attraction, it is the recognition and communication of two souls that will face all odds to meld and join the lives of two people, regardless of their differences. Through the use of familiarity, clichè, and diction, Jaci Burton develops the characters Logan and Desiree in the throes of passion and self-actualized love. The beginning of the novel sets up Desiree, a famous actress that has been hounded constantly by the paparazzi, and Logan, a laconic ranch owner who…

English March 19, 2015 Reevaluating the Mockingbird When one embarks on reading Jennifer Murray’s article, “More Than One Way to (Mis)Read a Mockingbird”, it becomes known that she is taking her readers through a thorough reanalysis of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Murray proclaims that Harper Lee’s novel is somewhat misunderstood and over appreciated. She claims that “To Kill a Mockingbird, despite its awards and popularity, is a less than great novel”, and instead it should be a novel that is…

As one of the many sexual orientations, homosexuality is a form of emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction that is primarily or exclusively to people of the same sex. Homosexuality is a fairly recent phenomenon in the twenty-first century; in fact, this sexual orientation has significantly increased but there is no precise way to estimate the exact numbers due to people not openly identifying as such due to homophobia (which, in everyday use, is the fear of homosexuals) and homobigotry (intolerance…

The story of Ruth is more than a romantic story seeking to give hope to the community in need of finding a husband. The book of Ruth contains a story of oddities and redemption through the interaction of Ruth, a Moabitess, Naomi, Ruth’s mother-in-law and Israelite, and Boaz, a man related to Elimelek. The story starts out by telling the readers the current lineage that is present in the story. Elimelek and Naomi, from Bethlehem, have two songs named Mahlon and Kilion. Those two are married to Ruth…

Music and Attraction: The Effects of Song Lyrics on Sexual Versus Romantic Evaluations of a Potential Partner Music is ubiquitous (Fischer & Greitemeyer, 2006). From television advertisements to the radio, individuals are constantly subjected to music. In modern culture, the consumption of music has risen sharply, particularly with young adults, who are estimated to listen to two to three hours of music per day (Arnette, 2002). As a result, many “watchdog” organizations have questioned…