Sociology Essays

It is not unheard of to hear about acts of racism and discrimination in our modern day society. The majority of Americans are aware of our nation’s history with slavery and know that slavery has ended in 1865. However, even though slavery was abolished by the thirteenth amendment, we still …

“They are the force behind a number of households in South Africa – the domestic worker” (Gama, & Willemse, 2014). There are an estimated 1 to 1.5 million domestic workers in the country (Africa, 2018). In South Africa but more specifically Cape Town, a female domestic worker is employed in …

Full employment is often one of the most debatable topics amongst economists. Given its complex nature, there are many arguments on both sides on whether or not full employment is an indication of the labor market. While full employment might give some hope to those who are wanting to obtain …

Racism probably isn’t something that runs across everyone’s mind; especially if you haven’t gone through it personally or simply don’t know what it is. Yet, there are those that are still affected by it today. According to Tanya Golash-Boza (2018, pg. 6) racism is both a belief and practice. It …

The goal of halving world hunger by 2015 will not be met. Advances in this field have been disappointing, and there is a high-risk today that what has been achieved will be lost and the food situation of the world’s population will worsen. The African continent is left behind, the …

From the beginning of civilizations, people have always strived for structure in their societies. Often, this structure has been influenced by religion or philosophy. In the foundations period, patriarchal forms of social organization developed in both pastoralist and agrarian societies. In places like China in the Yellow River Valley Civilization, …

Crowds of distressed paupers baked under the sweltering Bangladeshi sun, clamoring to get into a run-down building. Impoverished mothers clutched their shrieking children, defeated. Naked babies roamed around, looking for relief. While this scene may seem like a catastrophic incident of human suffering, it is actually a quotidian experience of …

Since the early 20th century, women have faced discrimination in medicine by male physicians and patients which has created a stratification within the occupation affecting: income, specialty and job security/burn-out of women. Women have also reported many instances of harassment by their male patients and co-workers which has further erupted …

After reading the chapter of Burkeman’s “What would Seneca do?” about Stoicism, having things in one’s life is being out of one’s control is one reason why living their life in caught up in error and unexamined opinion. At the end of Burkeman’s chapter Burkeman represents that people think they …

In the article, it discusses the recent scandal pertaining to the designer brand Gucci. Gucci released a sweater known as the balaclava that caused a major uproar. In the article it states, “The top, which is no longer on the company’s website, is a black turtleneck sweater that pulls up …