All posts tagged "marriage family sociology"

  • Vitual Environments Assignment Guide

    When we hear the term “virtual reality” we often think of someone in a darkened room, reaching out into space, with mechanical devices attached from them.  This has changed greatly.  Today we see that virtual reality can...

    • Posted February 12, 2014
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  • Gender and the Family

    The Postmodern Family DIVERSITY OF CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES American men and women are slowly moving toward a blending of gender and family roles and away from traditional notions of wives and husbands, mothers and fathers. There is a...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Social Problems and The Family

    We often hear that there is a breakdown in the American family and that our families today are facing a multitude of social problems, more social problems than in the past. Is this true? Actually, studies have...

    • Posted June 16, 2011
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  • Hate Crimes

    ETHNOCENTRISM – PREJUDICE – DISCRIMINATION – REJECTION – HATE – HATE CRIMES There is a continuum that begins with ethnocentrism, which leads to discrimination and hate, and can result in hate crimes. Every social system has a...

    • Posted June 16, 2011
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  • Gang Violence

    According to California Penal Code 186.22 “Gang” is defined as: “…any ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, having as one of its primary activities the commission of one or...

    • Posted June 16, 2011
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  • Sociology of Marriage

    Types of “Good” Marriages: Romantic Marriage: passion and sex Rescue Marriage: past unhappiness, healing Companionate Marriage: Egalitarian, friendship Traditional Marriage: male income earner; female homemaker; main interest is the children (Image courtesy of stockimages/FreeDigitalPhotos.net) SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES: In...

    • Posted June 16, 2011
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