Answer Each Unit Discussion in at least 15 lines each. Please avoid any jargon words and ensure prop ...

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Answer Each Unit Discussion in at least 15 lines each. Please avoid any jargon words and ensure proper grammar. Unit 7 Discussion: As the readings for this week remind us, your sex is determined biologically (even if within a continuum) while gender roles are socially established. So, when we hear someone tell a male “act like a man,” the assumption is that this person has male biological parts and therefore must adopt the male-appropriate gender role. Similarly when a woman is advised to “act like a lady.” Sooo… What does it mean to “act like a man” in our society? And like a “lady?” What if you’re man and don’t “act like a man?” Or a woman that does not act like a lady? How does “society” respond to those who do not fall neatly into the sex=gender role box? Discuss…. Unit 8 Discussion:A portion of the readings this week emphasized the “relativity” of deviance. What is deviant in some contexts, is not deviant in others. Similarly, social groups define deviance differently. Within groups, however, individuals manage to internalize the group norms so that what is considered deviant within the group is recognized. Sometimes that recognition is followed by sanctions. More often than not, however, we “get away with it” unless some authority figure (mom, cop, store owner, etc.) is aware of the deviant activity. Ok…here’s the question. What is the most deviant activity that you think a person your age can commit in this society? Let's exclude murder and other violent crimes. What are activities that folks your age (hell, maybe you) might perform that society really frowns upon...even though they happen more frequently than most people think. Ok... Have at it... Unit 12 Discussion: Throughout the course we’ve explored the process of Modernity and how its social forces shape and direct our lives. In the readings for Week 12, we see that, according to Barber, some of the most significant current conflicts can be interpreted as being created by the expansion of Modernity and the resistance it encounters. We are all modern individuals (I mean all of us reading these lines). What are the elements of modernity that you value the most? What elements of Modernity do you believe are negative to our society? Why would any group of people resist becoming “Modern?