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Sociology

Effects of Racial Stratification in the United States

Introduction The term strata describe how the different rock layers are arranged and structured during formation. Similarly, people are stratified or arranged in social classes in different societies, and various factors determine this. The United States of American is comprised of people from diverse races and ethnic groups hailing from...

Baby X: A Gender-Neutral Child

To a greater extent, gender-neutral parenting is possible in the modern world, whereby the child’s sexuality becomes hidden until they identify as male, non-binary, or female. The 1972 magazine story X: A Fabulous Child’s Story by Lois Gould explores a kid named ‘Baby X’ born for an experiment to showcase...

Poverty as a Critical Social Problem

Introduction Despite the intention to create a perfect society and improve life quality for all American citizens, the problem of poverty cannot be ignored. Poverty means different things for different people, but the main idea is the inability to afford minimal living standards (Frohlich et al., 2018). At the same...

The Animal Rights Issue Analysis

Rights establish a commitment to others that must be respected and are far more essential than interests. If animals have rights, humans should never do certain things to them, as this would violate their rights. Animal rights are ethical principles founded on the belief that nonhuman species deserve the opportunity...

Ethical and Legal Implications of Confidentiality

Abstract Psychological aid to the client, rendered in group mode, is used to solve personal and interpersonal problems. In a group, the person can acquire social skills of communication and interaction by openly discussing his or her problems, receiving social support from their participants, and providing it to other people....

Aspects of Group Communication

Introduction Group communication is the exchanging of messages between the members of a group. In business groups and teams, the messages exchanged include team goals, ideas, and information for motivating members (O’Hair et al., 2018). Group communication supports decision making, generation of ideas, goals’ clarity, respect building, and strengthening rapport...

Internet Addiction and Its Negative Impacts

Using the internet has become part of modern society and is changing people’s lifestyles socially, psychologically, and economically. Most individuals depend on the internet and are yet to understand that over-dependence is causing an addiction that can be detrimental socially and mentally. While many people believe that using the internet...

The Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccination as a Violation of Human Rights

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed a considerable number of lives since its appearance. In this regard, countries began to take various measures to preserve people’s health. One of these measures was the introduction of vaccination, which is becoming mandatory in some countries. This influenced the emergence of many debates, and...

Freedom of the Press in the UAE

The freedom of the press is a crucial component of almost every country. The press serves as a conduit for information and the latest news for people. Additionally, the press can be seen as a link between the government and the people, helping politicians better understand how their actions are...

Immigration in the United States

The researcher interviewed Jesus Siordia, an old colleague who migrated to the United States 13 years ago from Jalisco, the western part of Mexico. He was born in Mexico and migrated to the United States as an adult. The trend is common, and according to Wilsona and Khansa (2018), most...

The Factors Contributing to the Lack of Equality Between Genders

Introduction Gender interactions in modern society are changing, and inequality between men and women is being challenged in almost every area. The main factors contributing to it are women’s discrimination in the workplaces, medicine, education, and public affairs. The variables that are going to be used in work are access...

Increase in Communication Procedures Under International Human Rights

Individual communication procedure is a complaint filed by or on behalf of an individual who claims that the State party has infringed any of the rights under any Convention. Individual notices of breach of contract law or rights (sometimes referred to as individual complaints or petitions) can be sent to...

Natural Rights in the US Constitution

The concept of people’s natural rights emerges on a number of occasions throughout the formation of the United States Constitution. These rights are crucial and cannot be removed by the public authority and protected under the constitution. The concept of natural rights includes all the rights given to human beings,...

Beauty Standards’ Impact on Feminism

Introduction The interpretation of beauty varies from one person to another and with historical periods. Some individuals regard beauty based on the outward appearance, while others stress that beauty is more than physical looks. Social media has contributed heavily to making ladies perceive beauty differently. They face pressure from society...

Acceptance of Queer (LGBT) Community in Ireland

For many years, non-traditional orientation has been one of the most acute in the world. This topic affects such aspects of people’s lives as political, social and cultural, playing a great role in shaping public opinion. Despite. that this phenomenon has been around for a long time, it has always...

Legalizing Marijuana Controversy

Introduction Marijuana is a drug that alters mental functionality its source is the cannabis plant. The drug has brought controversial issues in that it can be used for medicinal or recreational purposes. The drug is among the most abused substances among the youth, making it dangerous for teenagers’ mental health...

Drug and Alcohol Addiction Crisis

Identifying the Problem of Drug Addiction is the Initial Step Toward Tackling the Problem In modern times, the problem of alcoholism and drug addiction has become particularly acute. The growth of production and consumption of harmful substances, together with the decrease in income, urbanization, intensification of neuropsychological activity, caused the...

The Engineering Code of Ethics in Practice

As the engineering profession presents a complex intersection of technologies that also influences society and its quality of life in a significant way, engineers are required to possess a certain level of ethics. The ethical codes and guides for engineers primarily focus on cultivating professional ethical skills, such as integrity...

The Issue of Childhood Obesity in the US and How to Reduce It

I am writing regarding the unnoticed epidemic of childhood obesity which is finding a way into the livelihood of American children. Childhood Obesity Over the year, scientists and health researchers have tried to explain the issue of childhood obesity and its legal implication to the general economy of the United...

Mira and Bharat in Two Ways to Belong in America by Mukherjee

Introduction Two ways to Be in America is about the story of two sisters who immigrated to the United States and had different experiences as a result of immigration policies. Mira and Bharat share similarities in their religious beliefs and appearance in their first years in America. The two came...

King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail Analysis

When civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 12, 1963, for partaking in a march without a permit, he did not waste his time (King 1). Instead, King used all the material he could, including newspaper fields provided by his lawyer, and spent...

Impact of Video Games on Adolescent

Adolescents all around the globe are getting more engrossed in video gaming, raising concerns about overuse. Even though video games have a beneficial influence on the players, research shows that they have a negative impact on the games themselves. Parents must adopt mediation methods to guide, control, and interpret the...

Importance of Strategic Communication

Introduction Since its inception, the term strategic communication has gained currency in both professional and academic circles. Tactical communication is the process of how an organization functions at different levels. This field of expertise is a crucial aspect of a person, group, and socialization within and outside the institution. Previously,...

Social Work Practice With Small Client Groups

This group aims to help people in their growth, offer additional emotional and social nourishment, enhance democratic participation and citizenship, and correct people and social disorganization or maladjustment through group intervention plans. The group’s objectives were to improve people’s issues, coping, and intellectual development and connect them to sources, services,...

The National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the world’s biggest connotation body for specialized communal employees, founded in 1955. NASW strives to improve its members’ technological progress and growth, inaugurate and uphold professional canons, and stimulate apt collective guidelines. The certified application of collective work ideologies, values & methods...

Discussion: Is Abortion the Best Solution?

Summary An essential problem in biomedical ethics is abortion — artificial termination of pregnancy. Currently, there are three leading positions in the attitude of people to induced abortion. The first thought is that it is morally permitted at any stage of embryo development since the fetus is part of the...

Moody Park Riot – The Problem of Police Brutality

There are relatively small incidents in life that can lead to much bigger events. Sometimes those bigger events are anticipated, but no preventive actions are taken. On March 30, 1978, Dr. Hector Garcia wrote to three senior judges that he was afraid of Mexican-Americans losing “trust and faith in the...

Drugs Dependance: Depressants

Introduction Depressants are drugs that inhibit and slow down neurotransmission, a process whereby neurotransmitters which are signaling coenzymes, are released by axon, which is a terminal of a neuron and set to act on the dendrites by reacting with the receptors over a short distance in the Central Nervous System...

Online Shopping and Shopping at a Physical Location

Introduction The current era provides people with a broad selection of services and goods. Modern technology had changed many aspects of life that used to be stagnant before the internet became a mainstream tool. One example is having the option to choose between online shopping or shopping at a physical...

“Right to Work State” Concept and Debates

Introduction “Right to work state” is a concept that refers to a state that has enacted laws that give individuals the freedom to choose whether to pay dues to a union or not to pay as a prerequisite for employment. The right-to-work (RTW) laws protect workers from being coerced into...

Gender Differentiation: The Social Perception

Life Example Gender is, by a large extent, a social construct and not purely a biological one. In the current dispensation, there has been liberalism when it comes to gender definition, and people are free to identify with the gender they feel comfortable with. However, growing up, I was treated...

Reflections on the Concept of Discourse Community

Quote 1: “The term [discourse community] realigns the traditional unities—writer, audience, text—into a new configuration.” Explain why you feel connected to this quote: I always thought that making the writer and the audience the opposites of each other creates a dynamic in which the former produces and the latter consumes....

The Importance of Freedom of Speech

Freedom of expression or speech is part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights under Article 19 and is a human right. Article 19 states that freedom of speech is a law that supports a community’s or an individual’s freedom to express their ideas and views without fear of legal...

Investigating Narcissistic Generation

Introduction The formation of a person’s identity begins in childhood. Child psychologists claim that the first three years of life are crucial in development. During these years, the basic patterns of personality are formed. The foundations of the future personality are laid during these years, and they remain in place...

Human Choices, Self-Interest, and Common Good

Introduction The real incentives of a human being in making choices remain a mystery because it is still unclear whether people can act for the common good without thinking about their self-interest. Some scholars argue that every person is egotistic and thus only capable of doing good considering personal benefits...

Graduate Students’ Attitudes Towards Their Transforming Learning

Background The COVID-19 outbreak has led to a massive disruption to education systems worldwide. The online learning format assumes that graduate students find and process a substantial amount of the materials individually. The increased demand for such a format is driven by people’s need to continue learning even during epidemics...

“Domestic Violence” by Watson

Domestic violence is a matter of significant concern nowadays. There is much research on what can be identified as domestic violence, how it can affect the victims, how to prevent and resist it, and more. The purpose of this paper is to analyze one specific article about domestic violence written...

Societal Inequality in New York City Schools

Societal inequality is one of the most significant challenges facing New York City schools. Inequality is experienced in public schools located in lower-income communities of Far Rockaway in School District 27 and South Jamaica in School district 28 compared to Bayside’s higher-income communities, which is in District 26. Inequalities in...

Should the US Offer a Path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants?

More than 11 million illegal immigrants are currently living in the United States (Sandoval-Strausz, 2021). This number comprises those who have extended their non-immigrant visas and eventually settled in the country as well as those who illegally entered the country through its porous borders. The latter forms the majority. However,...

Race as a Social Construction

Historically, the notion of a race has been used by societies to distinguish people based on their social and physical characteristics and thus classify each person as belonging to a particular group which could define their personality. In the past, race division entailed a hierarchy which meant that individuals representing...

Living Options for the Elderly in the UAE

Executive Summary The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country with rapid economic growth, universal access to healthcare, and high life expectancy rates. Older people depend on social security/pension to cover daily expenses and need assistance due to health concerns and physical limitations. The options for supported living are family...

Personality Theories and Individual Personality

Introduction Personality theories attempt to explain individual personalities and differences among them. Studies in this field attempt to construct a coherent picture of individuals and why they differ. Personality is a dynamic and structured or organized characteristic of an individual that influences his or her set of behaviors, motivations, and...

Etiology of Substance Abuse and Addiction

Biological Influences Related to Substance Abuse Addiction is considered a significant issue to the healthiness of an individual mainly because of its influence on brain performance. Substance abuse and addiction usually start as a voluntary state of taking medication, and eventually, one becomes dependent on the drug. Scientifically, it is...

Poverty, Inequality, and Social Development in Africa

Introduction Poverty is comparable to, but distinguishable from, inequality; the latter focuses on the entire allocation of well-being, while the former is only associated with the bottom end of the apportionment (people living below impoverishment line). Economic inequality is frequently found in connection with other structural disparities experienced by marginalized...

Homelessness and Domestic Violence in Australia

Homelessness in Australia At any given night in Australia, there are more than one hundred and five thousand people who are homeless. Homeless people are those individuals who do not have regular dwelling places or houses due to their inability to afford them. In Australia, a person is described as...

Human Right to Water

Introduction All individuals have the right to clean and safe water. As the saying goes, ‘water is life’, and no one can live without it, therefore it is the responsibility of the government to provide its citizens with this basic need. Water is a source of life and the lack...

Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide

Introduction Attitudes towards the issue of the euthanasia, as well as policies on termination of life on request around the world, changed many times over the years. The recent changes and developments in health legislation in some countries resulted in a growing public discussion on the issue of euthanasia. Various...

Communication and Culture: The Relationship Analysis

Introduction The term ‘communication’ bears various meanings depending on the context of application. This paper will explore this matter by defining communication in terms of how and why it matters. This goal will be achieved via evaluating a case to demonstrate how communication works in practice by relating the theory...

Tattoos Are Inappropriate in the Workplace

Abstract In modern society, tattoos have become a common fashion among people. Fans of tattoos consider them as a way of expressing their beliefs, values, principles, norms, traditions, and experiences. Despite their dominance and the existence of freedom of expression, tattoos are not appropriate in the workplace for several reasons....

How to Support Individuals Experiencing Significant Life Events

Introduction When a person is going through a painful life event, it is necessary to have people that can offer him/her support to overcome such a situation. According to Twycross (2003), stressful events have serious effects on one’s life unless they are properly handled. Such a negative experience may lead...

Substance Abuse: The Case Study

Developmental and age elements Substance abuse leads to addiction in various human developmental stages, but studies have revealed that people who start abusing drugs at an early age have a higher propensity for engaging in dangerous substance abuse. J.J’s case reveals that she started drinking at 12 years, and this...

Lateral Violence in Nursing Experience

Lateral violence is a form of violence that a person or a group of people directs towards friends, colleagues, and peers instead of enemies. Its intention is to intimidate the friend or colleague because the other party views him/her as a potential threat at work or within the society. Worldwide,...

The Issue of Appropriateness of Tattoos in the Workplace

Abstract This paper analyzes whether tattoos are appropriate for the workplace. It examines the reasons for and reasons against tattoos in the workplace. The paper provides an extensive analysis of the evolution of workplaces and how this has been affected by external factors. Finally, there are recommendations based on the...