Entries by Sarah Kaelo

What can be said about global notions of gender in the modern age?

1.  Compare and contrast D’Emilio’s Capitalism and Gay Identity with the From Mary to Modern Woman reading.  What patterns do you see that are similar to the modern American society?  What can be said about global notions of gender in the modern age?  Feel free to invoke Foucault. 2.  How is the writer’s experience important in the story being […]

.  How is the writer’s experience important in the story being told in Middlesex? 

1.  Compare and contrast D’Emilio’s Capitalism and Gay Identity with the From Mary to Modern Woman reading.  What patterns do you see that are similar to the modern American society?  What can be said about global notions of gender in the modern age?  Feel free to invoke Foucault. 2.  How is the writer’s experience important in the story being […]

What are the potential issues involved? Refer to principles and other course concepts.

What are the potential issues involved? Refer to principles and other course concepts. 500 words Identify a specific ethical issue in human services practice. Examples include mandated group attendance and client social media requests. Look to your lesson content for ideas. Write a story (i.e. case study) about a fictitious scenario where this ethical issue arises. Be […]

 In what ways have patriarchal ideas influenced cultural representations of nature, past and present? 

Sociological Images blog by Abby Kinchy and adapted for our course. Gender and the Environment Gender is such a powerful way to categorize our lives that we often apply gender roles – a social category – in unexpected ways.  Animals are often assigned gender characteristics.  Cats are seen as feminine and dogs as masculine.  We even assign gender to non-living objects […]

Summarize the “history of murder in the United States.”

Part one: Summarize the “cross-cultural constructions of murder.” Part two: Summarize the “history of murder in the United States.” Part three: How do “positivistic” social scientists use the concept of “social capital” to explain varying rates of murder across communities? Part four: How do “interactional” social scientists seek to understand the situations in which murders […]

What are the pitfalls of “common sense” observations and logic?

What are the pitfalls of “common sense” observations and logic? answer each question please  readings and videos for each part are provided below. Part one What are the pitfalls of “common sense” observations and logic? Provide three examples. What is “positionality,” and what are its components? How do these components influence our perceptions, understandings, and conclusions […]

Sociology researches social issues through the use of theoretical frameworks.

Chapter 1 Review Assignment Instructions: Please read the instructions carefully and contact me if you have any questions prior to submitting your work. After reading the chapter and reviewing the PowerPoint and supplemental readings on the course site, you should complete the following tasks: Answer the questions below. Your responses should be about one, 5 […]

Explain how the concepts of cultural competence and cultural humility are relevant to social work practice.

To better understand our own biases, complete the Implicit Association Test (IAT) found within this week’s resources. These tests use images to gauge information about biases that people may not consciously recognize. According to Project Implicit, the IAT measures the strength of associations between concepts (e.g., black people, gay people) and evaluations (e.g., good, bad) […]