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    Research Topic: Sociological Perspectives on Gender Stratification Introduction Gender stratification is a form of social inequality that involves the unequal distribution of power, privilege, and wealth between females and males in contemporary human societies. There are three major sociological perspectives on gender stratification. These include the functionalist perspective, the conflict perspective, and the symbolic interactionist perspective. Each of these major sociological frameworks contain

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    Sociological Perspectives In order to understand have theory of Sociological perspectives you must first define the three major philosophies. The first sociological perspective will be the symbolic interactionist perspective which focus on the everyday details of life. They look at how people interpret different signs and symbolic images that have a specific meaning to the originator but sometimes loses meaning to the receiver. Since words are not concrete and can sometime be manipulated to another

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    Structural Functionalism sociological perspective sees a human society as a system. In a system, many interconnected parts work together with a common objective. In a society, all individuals have specific roles. In addition, things like beliefs, rituals, values, rules, morals and ethics all determine the specific behavior expected of all members in a community. The interactions between individuals depend on the role of the individuals and the collective social values and rules in the society. Symbolic

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    society, many sociological issues center around politics. Mass media can be information spread through print, television, or radio sources. Mass media predominantly reports on political topics. Local news media tend to focus on local stories or events rather than politics. I chose this topic because it is a top point of debate in today’s society. Many believe that mass media reporting is biased and often skewed, and it is an interesting topic to examine using sociological ideas and perspectives. Sociology

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    biomedical perspective is used to explain various medical conditions. This can include, but is not limited to using an individual’s body and pathogens to explain poor health. On a different note, the sociological perspective takes on a different approach to explain medical conditions. The sociological perspective focuses on the external influences, rather than then internal influences, such as the social environment, institutions, and relationships to assess and explain illness. The sociological perspective

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    SOC100-87107 Aubree Reed Sociological perspectives give us a variety of explanations about the social behavior and social interactions of human in society. It also helps us understand ourselves better. Without the sociological perspective, humans see the world through their very small groups of family, friends or coworkers. I will be comparing two sociological perspectives, Functionalist Perspective and Conflict Perspective, and how they would assess the role of culture in society. According

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    Personally, I learned the messages about how other groups of people should be categorized from my external surroundings of family, friends, peers, and other people around me. Throughout the years, my family would always tell and teach me their thoughts and beliefs of other groups of people. My friends and peers from school would also tell me their thoughts as well. From all the external influences in my life, I have gathered a lot of information on how to “judge” and “categorize” other people. Although

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    Even though there is still a long way to go with studying the social aspect of drugs, there are connections that still could be made. I feel the sociological theory does exist and that it plays a major part in illegal drug involvement. If you’re exposed to either friends, parents, or close family members abusing drugs, there is a chance this may play a part in the individual’s choice of using illegal drugs themselves. I understand that everyone is different and that some people are easier to influence

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    There are three sociological perspectives on police bureaucracy. The sociological perspectives on police bureaucracy are functionalism, conflict, and interactionism. The police bureaucracy is an efficient way for the society to carry out the three functions that are typically associated with policing which includes crime fighting, order maintenance, and service. (Palmiotto & Unnithan, 2011) Each of these sociological perspectives are different from each other. They all focus on different things

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    A sociological perspective, is a perspective on human behaviour that is connected to society as a whole. It invites us to look for the connections between the behaviour of individuals and the structures of the society in which they live.(Appendix 1) The functionalist perspective also called functionalism, is one of the earliest and major theoretical perspective in sociology. It has its origins in the works of Emile Durkheim (1958-1917) who was especially interested in how social order is possible

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