Overview
Hello, I need help with my sociology essay with a template it so I know what is the best path to take when writing this essay. So the topic that I am researching is the Impact of social media on human relationships and the topic is Culture. This template will help in my essay and will help me learn more about this topic and relevant topics. Thank you and please be ethical. Right now I am stuck and I just need tutoring help, so please.
The guide and structure that my professor gave me for this essay
(All of the issues are in here, this is just the guideline)
Essay structure: Your name, a title, a clear introduction, body, and conclusion Double-spaced, with 12-point font. This essay is a 5-6 page paper | 10% |
Current event/Relevant topic: A brief summary of your chosen event. Note that this should not be the majority of your paper. | 15% |
Sociological relevance: How well you demonstrate your topic's relevance to subjects, concepts, theories and/or power dynamics covered in class so far. Avoid editorializing or overly conversational language. | 50% |
Grammar: Spelling and sentence structure | 10% |
Citations: At least two, peer-reviewed academic articles. Citations should be in ASA format Links to an external site.in-text and on the reference page. Please cite all definitions and claims. (I will do this) | 15% |
Here are some terms and notes that I learned from my class to help me in this template and essay
1. Rites of Passage - initiation rituals and ceremonies that mark the transition of members of a culture from one phase of life to the next. • Sometimes gendered, but not always. • Culturally specific and significant
2. Adulthood is bound culturally, with definitions and behaviors that uniquely mark one's place within that culture. • Multiple cultures recognize transitional periods in different, complex ways. • Culture is a guiding principle for multiple social constructs and social organizations. • Our social world is contextual. The parameters of socialization are cultural. 3. Social constructs, under hegemony, may follow scripts that are similar. But remember that those scripts are not exactly the same. Ex: Gender and Race The social construction of gender requires that it be individually enacted in addition to being embodied or ascribed externally. Basically, it means that for others to know your gender, you demonstrate it. This what Judith Butler (1988) meant when she described gender as performative. Even then, gender as a construct is multilayered and complex. Gender is simultaneously ascribed and achieved status, personal identity and sociopolitical position, embodied and enacted The role of hegemonic ideals for gender is to make it seems deceptively simple, static, and eternal. 4. Cisgender: when a person's gender identity is that same as that which was assigned at (or before) birth based on sex. Transgender: when a person's gender identity is different from that which was assigned at (or before) birth based on sex Transition - the process of moving from presenting as one gender to presenting as another. This process can range from only social transition to full medical transition. The process is different for each person. A note on medical transition... Non-binary: refers to those whose gender identity is neither man nor woman, or not exclusively man or woman. The current hegemonic system of gender is cisnormative. Societ(y/ies) under this system presume that cisgender people, because they are the majority, are the default. Cisnormative societies strongly and overtly sanction all identities and expressions that are not cisgende
5. Masculine Behavior, expression, and adornment stereotypically associated with men Can range from slightly masculine ("masc" of center) to hegemonic masculinity Feminine Behavior, expression, and adornment stereotypically associated with women Can range from the slightly feminine (femme/fem of center) to hegemonic femininity Masculine and feminine expression exist on a shared spectrum The demarcation between masculine and feminine is fluid, and contextual. Remember "metrosexual"? Reminder: a person's gender(ed) expression is not always a declaration of gender or sexuality.
6. Refers to the physical, mental, emotional, and sexual attraction to a particular gender in relation one's own gender (Introduction to Sociology 3e, OpenStax,2021) Also referred to as "sexuality", though the word has multiple definitions. You may also see the term "sexual identity" Heterosexuality- the exclusive attraction to individuals of the "opposite" gender LGBTQ+ Lesbian - women exclusively attracted to women Gay - men exclusively attracted to men Sometimes used as an umbrella term for all non-heterosexual people Bisexual - those attracted to more than one gender The "bi" refers not to the binary view of gender (e.g. men and women), but rather the binary of self and other. Transgender - when a person's gender identity is different from that which was assigned at (or before) birth based on sex Queer - blanket term for gender and sexual identities that are not cisgender and heterosexual. Be careful using this term... "Plus" - encapsulates a number of sexual, romantic, and gender expression including (but not limited to) intersex(I), asexual(A), aromantic(A), two-spirit(2S).
6. The cooccurrence of labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination in a context in which power is exercised (Link and Phelan 2001). Structural stigma "...societal-level conditions, cultural norms, and institutional policies that constrain the opportunities, resources, and well-being of the stigmatized" (Hatzenbuehler and Link 2014) Visible stigma vs invisible stigma Visible stigma - stigma that comes from readily legible outward features Invisible stigma - stigma that comes from aspects that are not immediately apparent Subordinated gender identities, gender expression, and sexualities are stigmatized under the cisnormative, heteronormative hegemonic gender system.
7. SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE "is the coercion which is set up only through the consent that the dominated cannot fail to give to the dominator (and therefore to the domination) when their understanding of the situation and relation can only use instruments of knowledge that they have in common with the dominator, which being merely the incorporated form of the structure of the relation of domination, make this relation appear as natural; in other words, when the schemes they implement in order to perceive and evaluate themselves or to perceive and evaluate the dominators (high/low, male/female, white/black, etc.) are the product of the incorporation of the (thus naturalized) classifications of which their social being is the product."