The Sociology Blog with Joseph Dahl
this is my blog for my sociology class with Harry Mersmann
Marriage has been apart of society for ages. Today we see marriage as a rite of passage. Most of us including me see ourselves getting married some day. Some of us think that it is something that absolutely must happen. What this chapter of JCB discusses is the phenomenon of a white wedding, marriage and …
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The data presented in this article takes place from 1992 to 1994. I’m not sure if it is still the same today. But I’m sure it is still relevant. Women in the military are a minority, they still have to meet the same standards as men so not as many actually make it in. There …
There is no doubt that being attractive can can you much farther in life than being unattractive and that’s the point this chapter makes. If your considering ugly it will affect you your who life from elementary school to when you are living in the real world with a job. I find it sad that …
Continue reading “341-348 the importance of being beautiful.”
Reading this article made me see that women usually are more sensitive then men. They always apologize, even for things that are not their fault and they want their peers to know that they respect them. Men seem to be more blunt and also don’t open up as much and this can confuse women and …
This chapter analyzes how children of both sexes grow up together while still being somewhat segregated. Two researchers Barrie Thorne and Zella Luria go to four different elementary schools to study the interactions and own behaviors of the boys and girls. Reading this chapter made me think back on my experiences in elementary school. During …
This chapter in down to earth covers the demand for women’s body’s to be a certain way. They describe how this is through a high school cheerleading tryouts. Where girls are judged by teachers on how skinny they are and how big of a smile they can put on. It seems that no matter what …
This chapter of down to earth talks about growing up as a male in today’s society. A lot of what this chapter talks about is something that I relate to on a daily basis. From when we are a little baby we are wrapped in a blue blanket to signify that we are a boy …
This chapter was about how our society sees beauty and how companies try to capitalize on our insecurities. Through the media and advertising, we are all told to look a certain way depending on who you are. Makeup ads are filled with young women who would definitely be considered gorgeous by our society and this …
Continue reading “JCB chapter 11: beauty/ideology and intersectionality”
This chapter is about the standards our society has set for what kids from both sexes should like. We are all taught from a very young age what to like. From when we are born we’ll be wrapped in either a pink or blue blanket depending on what genitalia we have down there. When we’re …
Continue reading “JCB: chapter 7 toys/gender, sex and sexuality”
This chapter was about the experiences of Raphael Ezekiel when he visits a white supremacist group. The members of these militant white supremacist groups see their ideology as a fight between good and evil, which they see white as good and non white as evil. As i was reading I realized that many of their …
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