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Heteronormativity refers to the belief in our society that people can be categorized into distinct and complementary genders (masculine or feminine), each with “natural” roles associated with them.  Heteronormative ideology asserts that heterosexuality is the only sexual orientation (it is the norm), and relations are only appropriate between people of opposite sexes.  For this discussion, read the article by David Orzechowicz that investigates heteronormativity in a very particular type of workplace: the parade department at a theme park.  After reading this article, address the following: Orzechowicz writes, “Given the importance of heterosexuality to the onstage aesthetic, we might expect Wonderland Parades to reproduce a backstage culture that silences or tokenizes sexual minorities… Instead, the theme park’s tales of heteronormative love and hegemonic masculinity are left in the hands of many men whose everyday backstage performances challenge these same stories” (Pgs. 228-229).  In your own words, explain what Orzechowicz is saying in this statement. What does “onstage” and “backstage” refer to?  Orzechowicz argues that the Parade culture both challenges heteronormativity (the subordination of homosexuality by heterosexuality) and also reproduces elements of the gay/straight power dynamic.  Other than the fact that gay male performers are numerically dominant, use examples from the text to describe at least two ways that the Parade culture challenges heteronormativity.  According to Orzechowicz, how do heterosexual men in this workplace also challenge heteronormativity in Parade culture? Using examples from the text, describe at least two ways that the Parade culture reinforces and reproduces heteronormativity.  As you respond to the components of this discussion, be sure to consider both the actual parade performances and the informal “backstage” interactions when providing examples of how Parade culture both challenges and supports heteronormativity. 

While the social construction of femininity has been widely examined, the dominant role of masculinity has until recently remained largely invisible. Hegemonic masculinity refers to the normative model of masculinity that society holds up as the most honored way of being a man.  It also refers to the social practices and messages that legitimate men's dominance over women.  Historically in Western societies, the dominant (hegemonic) form of masculinity was primarily reflective of white, heterosexual, and largely upper/middle class males.  Some of the characteristics embodied in hegemonic masculinity include violence and aggression, stoicism/emotional restraint, courage, toughness, risk-taking, and competitiveness among others.  Although, as you will see in the readings for this discussion, people are increasingly beginning to question and challenge this traditional conception of “manhood.”  For this discussion, review the a short video clip about the documentary Tough Guise: Violence, Media, & the Crisis in Masculinity read the Tough Guise: Violence, Media & Crisis in Masculinityarticle about the documentary, view the slideshow Hegemonic Masculinity in Television Advertisementsand read the Lumbersexuals and White Heteromasculine Pageantry short article about a new category of urban masculinity: lumbersexuals.  If you need extra help for this discussion, be sure to check out the many resources listed under “Recommended Resources" in the Week 3 Resources page. Next, answer the following questions: What is hegemonic masculinity?  Describe an example of hegemonic masculinity that you have seen in the last week, either in your personal interactions or in the media.  How do these media messages impact your own sense of your gender presentation?  Do you feel that tend to follow the gender norms of our culture?  How or how not?  How does the traditional version of hegemonic masculinity harm boys and men?  Women and girls? In recent years, new categories to describe (mainly young, urban, white) males have grown increasingly popular -- such as metrosexual, hipster, emos, lumbersexuals, etc.  Using at least two examples from the readings for this week, explain how these modern representations of masculinity differ from (challenge) traditional notions of hegemonic masculinity?

critically discuss the idea that all social relations are based upon an exchange of goods. Please use the article attached and also other further academic articles to support and develop the argument.

These are the questions you are able to use 1. Reading the main claims What does the text argue? What statements are put forward as truth or facts? Are the claims of the text specific or very general? Are the claims of the text well supported? How are they supported? What do you think was the most important point / piece of evidence / thing in this reading and why? (choose one) What is one thing that you felt needed more explanation? 2. Comparative analysis Pick a concept or idea we have discussed in class. How would this author approach this concept/idea? Pick another author we have read in class. We’ll call them “Author B” and we’ll call the author of this reading (the one you are writing about in this assignment) “Author A”. How would Author A respond to Author B’s writing? Does the writer base her / his ideas or assertions on the works of other writers and researchers? How so? Pick an academic reading from sometime in your life that you really enjoyed. What do you imagine its author think would think about the current reading (explain). 3. Audience Who is the intended and unintended audience for this reading? That is, who does the author intentionally or unintentionally include or exclude and how? What does the author want us to do with this information? What kind of assumptions is the author making about what their audience knows or believes? What background information would help you better understand this text? Does the writer make references to events that are not fully explained? How so? 4. Reading what’s absent What ideas are assumed in the text? What are its assumptions? Are there big ideas or ideologies on which this text seems to rely? What are those ideas or ideologies? What is implied by the text that is not all the way spelled out? As you list the main claims/assumptions of the text, ask yourself for each, what else has to be true for each claim to be true? Do you sense an “attitude” in the text? Does a particular bias or worldview, perhaps unspoken, seem present? 5. Known and unknown Are you interested in what you are reading? Do you feel resistant to it? Bored? Surprised? Intrigued? What other emotional reactions do you experience? Reading it, do you feel angry? Sad? Amused? Joyful? Frustrated? What is your immediate reaction to the main claims of the text? Do you agree, disagree? How strongly? Briefly, say why. Sometimes the tone or voice of a piece of writing causes us to react. How would you describe the tone of the text? Its voice? Are there ideas, words, references (as in words/phrases/ideas; not bibliographic references), or anything else in the text you don’t understand? Which ones? What surprised you about this reading? WEEK 1: Monday, January 29 – Sunday, February 4 Homework assignment: Read syllabus and prepare for syllabus quiz in next class. By next Tuesday’s class (February 6), read the below readings and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. Answer at least one for each reading (i.e., two for one reading and one for the other). In Social Things: Introduction (*Might* be available for free hourly rental here:https://archive.org/details/socialthingsintr0000le... - you have to create a free account to use this site) In The Sociological Imagination: PDF pgs. 10-18. WEEK 2: Monday, February 5 – Sunday, February 11 Homework assignment: By next Tuesday’s class (February 13), read the below readings and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. Answer at least one for each reading (i.e., two for one reading and one for the other). In Social Things: Chapter 1 (*Might* be available for free hourly rental here:https://archive.org/details/socialthingsintr0000le... - you have to create a free account to use this site) In The Sociological Imagination: PDF pgs. 18-32. WEEK 3: Monday, February 12 – Sunday, February 18 Homework assignment: By next Tuesday’s class (February 20), read the below readings and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. Answer at least one for each reading (i.e., two for one reading and one for the other). In Social Things: Chapter 2 (*Might* be available for free hourly rental here:https://archive.org/details/socialthingsintr0000le... - you have to create a free account to use this site) In The Sociological Imagination: PDF pgs. 202-211. WEEK 4: Monday, February 19 – Sunday, February 25 Homework assignment: By next Tuesday’s class (February 27), read the below readings and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. Answer at least one for each reading (i.e., two for one reading and one for the other). In Social Things: Chapter 3 In Understanding Truman Capote (this text can be found on Brightspace): Chapter 1. WEEK 5: Monday, February 26 – Sunday, March 3 Homework assignment: By next Tuesday’s class (March 5), read the below readings and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. Answer at least one for each reading (i.e., one for each reading). In Social Things: Chapter 4 In Truman Understanding Capote (this text can be found on Brightspace): Chapter 2 (A Tree of Night and Other Stories). In A Tree of Night and Other Stories: 101-118 (Master Misery). WEEK 6: Monday, March 4 – Sunday, March 10 Homework assignment: By next Tuesday’s class (March 12), read the below readings and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. Answer at least one for each reading (i.e., one for each reading). In Social Things: Chapter 5 In Truman Understanding Capote (this text can be found on Brightspace): Chapter 3. In Other Voices, Other Rooms: Chapter 1. WEEK 7: Monday, March 11 – Sunday, March 17 By next Tuesday’s class (March 19), read the below readings and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. Answer at least one for each reading (i.e., one for each reading). In Social Things: Chapter 6 In Truman Understanding Capote (this text can be found on Brightspace): Chapter 4. In The Grass Harp: Chapter 1 WEEK 8: Monday, March 18 – Sunday, March 24 By next Tuesday’s class (April 2), read the below readings and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. Answer at least one for each reading (i.e., one for each reading). In Social Things: Chapter 7. In Truman Understanding Capote: Chapter 5. In The Muses Are Heard: Chapter 1 WEEK 9: SPRING BREAK: Monday, March 25 – Sunday, March 31 WEEK 10: Monday, April 1 – Sunday, April 7 By next Tuesday’s class (April 9), read the below readings and answer FOUR of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You must answer four of five questions in total. At least one per reading (and two for one reading). In Social Things: Chapter 8. In Truman Understanding Capote: Chapter 6. In Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Read at least the first 25 pages. WEEK 11: Monday, April 8 – Sunday, April 14 By next Tuesday’s class (April 16), read the below readings and answer FOUR of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You must answer four of five questions in total. At least one per reading (and two for one reading). In Social Things: Chapter 9. In Truman Understanding Capote: Chapter 7. In In Cold Blood: Read at least the first 25 pages not including the Introduction (this corresponds to pgs. 18-43 in the PDF on Brightspace). WEEK 12: Monday, April 15 – Sunday, April 21 By next Tuesday’s class (April 23), read the below reading(s) and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. In Social Things: Chapter 10. TBD (To Be Determined) Study for final exam WEEK 13: Monday, April 22 – Sunday, April 28 By next Tuesday’s class (April 30), read the below reading(s) and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. In Social Things: Chapter 11. TBD Study for final exam WEEK 14: Monday, April 29 – Sunday, May 5 By next Tuesday’s class (May 7), read the below reading(s) and answer three of five questions included under the sub-heading in this syllabus titled, “Typical homework assignment directions”. You need only answer three of five questions in total. In Social Things: Chapter 12. TBD Study for final exam Link to Social Things book: https://archive.org/details/socialthingsintr0000leme_edi5/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater

This week's discussion asks you to consider the organizational expectations, norms, and behaviors of a workplace. Each discussion is meant to be a collaborative space for conversation in which to process the concepts within the course. To ensure an interesting and respectful discussion, you are encouraged to think creatively about your initial posts and build on the points made by your peers. Discussing challenges that face our world often means investigating opinions and ideas different from your own. Remember to remain thoughtful and respectful towards your peers and instructor in your discussion posts and replies. It is also important to review the module resources and read the prompts in their entirety before participating in the discussion. Create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts.  

Explain the functions and characteristics of a social network of people who Crossfit. How would you describe the social network as an organism? How does it live? How does it perpetuate itself? What is the purpose of it? who and what is influenced and how would you collect data to prove it does?  

No CHATGPT or AI, I will hire you for future work if you provide quality work. My next work is an essay I'm planning on paying $150 for, for 5 pages :) Paper 2 Guidelines Your paper is due by 11:59pm on Friday, May 3.  No late papers will be accepted without documentation of extenuating circumstances.  You can upload your finished paper to Canvas. PAPER TOPIC Access the following article:  Pamela J. Smock and Christine R. Schwartz.  2020.  "The Demography of Families: A Review of Patterns and Change".  Journal of Marriage & Family 82: 9-34. Smock and Schwartz - The Demography of Families.pdfDownload Smock and Schwartz - The Demography of Families.pdf After accessing the article, read the Introduction section and answer the following question (in 2 to 3 sentences): 1.  What is the framework/subtheme employed by the paper? Then read ONE of the following sections: Marriage & Remarriage; Divorce; Cohabitation; or Fertility.  2.  After reading this section, explain the main findings summarized in that section of the article and connect these findings back to the framework/subtheme of the article (in 1 to 2 pages). Then read ONE of the following sections: Same-Gender Unions; Immigrant Families; or Children's Living Arrangements. 3.  After reading this section, explain the main findings summarized in that section of the article and connect these findings back to the framework/subtheme of the article (1 to 2 pages).

equired Resources READ/REVIEW THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES FOR THIS ACTIVITY: Textbook: Chapters 7, 8 Lesson  Instructions This week we are learning about social stratification and inequalities in the United States and in other parts of the world.  In this assignment, we will practice explaining the impact of stratification and inequality on health to either a future patient or to a family member who is unaware of these connections you are learning about in your “Culture and Society” class and how it applies to your work as a nurse working with diverse, multicultural patient populations.  IN 2–3 PAGES, WRITE AN ESSAY THAT USES THESE HEADINGS AND PROVIDES THIS INFORMATION:  Section 1: Health Issue  In this section, choose one of the health issues explained in our textbook (chapters 7-8) and explain why you chose this issue: Life expectancy  Infectious disease risk  Degenerative disease risk  Hunger and food access  Infant mortality  Section 2: Stratification and Health  In this section, explain what stratification is and explain how your chosen health issue is related to stratification and the inequalities that people experience.    Section 3: Application to Nursing  In this section, pretend that you are explaining this information to a future patient or to a family member.  Explain to this person why you learning about connections between stratification and its impact on health and applies to your future work as a nurse working with diverse, multicultural patient populations. 

Sociological Journal Instructions and Prompts PLEASE USE PARAGRAPH BREAKS IN YOUR JOURNALS FOR STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, AND CLARITY. The Sociological Journal offers students the opportunity to write about connections between their own lives and sociological concepts. Students write a total of THREE responses to the prompts below. Please address the entire prompt and thoroughly elaborate on the examples discussed. Your journal entries should be well well-structured, organized, and well-written. College-level writing is expected for this assignment. Make sure to use paragraph breaks in your journals. Formatting: Please, type this assignment using Times New Roman, 12-point font, use double space, and have 1-inch margins all around. Each journal response should be between 1½-2 pages (375-500 words). Please include a standard title page with your name, the class name, the date, and an assignment title. Upload the Journal on Canvas as ONE document with the three journal entries identified (e.g., 1, 2, 3). For each prompt/journal, please provide at least one quote from our textbook that speaks directly to the prompt. Provide a screenshot/photo of the page in the textbook with your quote highlighted. Copy and paste the screenshots at the end of your journal. I invite students to use ONLY our textbook for this assignment. Students may not use outside sources to answer the prompts. Our textbook offers definitions and discussions of all the concepts the prompts explore. Please do not use AI such as ChatGPT. Student papers will be put through Turnitin.com to help students avoid plagiarism. If you need help with your writing, I encourage you to visit the SMC Writing Center (make an appointment with a writing tutor). Please answer all three of the prompts below: Drawing from Chapter 4 in our textbook (specifically the subsection “The Process of Socialization”) define socialization and discuss the two main goals of socialization. Next drawing from the section “Agents of Socialization,” define agents of socialization and discuss how agents of socialization have shaped your life. Discuss which agent of socialization you believe to be the most impactful for you today and why. Please provide several specific examples from your life. Drawing from Chapter 7, Social Class: The Structure of Inequality, discuss how life chances relate to social class (Choose TWO – family, health, education, work and income, and criminal justice). Next, discuss/analyze your own social class position (either now or while you were growing up). Finally, discuss how the ideology of the American Dream legitimizes social class inequality in the US. In Chapter 8 of our textbook, the authors assert that “…racism is not yet a thing of the past. Racism is woven into the fabric of American society, from its historical roots to the present day. It is part of our national legacy and still persists within our social institutions.” Drawing from our textbook, define racism, individual discrimination, and institutional discrimination. Next, discuss examples of individual discrimination and/or institutional discrimination that you have experienced or witnessed in your everyday life and your communities (e.g., your family, educational, and/or work experiences). Finally, discuss one potential way to mitigate the racism you have witnessed or experienced.

Your audience for this essay should be senior sociology majors who know sociological vocabulary but have never specifically studied the sociology of religion. The criteria for evaluation will be (1) accuracy of explanation, (2) clarity of illustrations or examples, and (3) thoroughness in exploring all dimensions of the issue.  Drawing on the readings from this c.lass (our textbook), answer the question below in a traditional essay format. You must have a thesis statement and cite at least three concepts from the book to support your argument. Sociologist Michael Emerson says of the connection between religion and race: “Forget the color line. When it comes to religion in the United States, we have a color wall.” Support or refute his statement using the sociological data we have examined in this class. this is the reading that you can use there can’t be any outside information!!!!!! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1203930174916136974/1209292013741023282/Religion_in_Sociological_Perspective_7th_Edition_--_Keith_A._Roberts_David_Yamane_--_2020_--_SAGE_Publications_Incorporated_SAGE_Publications_Inc_--_9781506366050_--_a6d206a89b79cbe718a3fca5ff5b6ea5_--_Annas_A.pdf?ex=66591673&is=6657c4f3&hm=f75fbc34d540104817dcd4ecef6a5d61d9cdb6aac7e8d54b048be07efa18c8b7&