Examples of the Answers. This is how the professor wants the work to look like.
I would like you to follow the examples to each answer, and each answer should at least be 45 Word Count
1. What kind of technology and/or social media do you use to communicate with others?
I use text messaging, actual phone calls where I actually talk to someone, Skype, and email. I am uncomfortable with the idea of social media, maybe it�s my age. I understand how it functions, I just don�t like using it. I have noticed that many people use social media in some very deviant ways. My take on this: if you wouldn�t want to parents or grandparents to see it, don�t post it! (Word Count=73); From Ritzer: Introduction to Sociology: Second Edition. Page 32.
Assignment 3
Book Required: Introduction to Sociology: Second Edition by George Ritzer: ISBN: 978-1-4833-0294-2. Sage Publications: 2015
� In Ritzer�p. 324
1. Based on the recent events at Oklahoma University where members of the SAE fraternity were recorded repeating a racist chant, what do you think about the possibility of the end of racism in the United States
2. Is globalization creating a universal culture?
� In Ritzer�p. 360
1. �What do sociologists mean when they say that there are no clear-cut biological differences between men and women?� (Ritzer 2015, 360)
2. Do you agree with Ritzer�s assessment (pp. 331-333) of the differences in sexuality between men and woman? Why or why not?
3. Why is poverty the primary reason for the existence of the globalization of sex trafficking?
� In Ritzer�p. 175
1. What are feral children?
2. Are feral children human? Why or why not?
3. What are the stages of the development of the self-according to George Herbert Mead?
4. �In the realm of social networks, why are �weak ties� helpful when looking for a job?� (Ritzer 2015, 175)
Question from EO
1. All of the questions in the Quick Quiz from Dominant and Minority Groups (page 5) hat is a dominant group?
2. What is a minority group?
3. What are the four major conditions necessary for racial/ethnic stratification to occur?
4. What is stratification? Give an example.
5. What is Thomas�s Theorem? Give an example.
6. What does a sociologist mean when they talk about �essential characteristics?� Give an example.
2. All of the questions from �Something to Ponder� from Dominant and Minority Groups (pages 6-7)
All Muslims are __________.
All Jews are ___________.
All Hindus are __________.
All blacks are ___________.
All GLBTI people are __________.
All white people are __________.
All Latino people are__________.
All Native American people are __________.
All fat people are__________.
All disabled people are __________.
1. What words did you use to fill in the blanks?
2. Were those words categorical rare-zero stereotypes based on your perception of reality?
a. Are you sure?
b. Why or why not?
3. What can be said that always applies to each and every member of the groups listed above?
Without exception?
4. Take the Harvard Implicit Association Test (I will answer this question myself)
a. Were you surprised at the results? I. Explain your answer
3. All of the questions from the Quick Quiz from Marriage, Sex, and Same-Sex Marriage (page 7)
What kinds of marriage do you think should be legal in the United States? Why?
2. If you answered because of your religious beliefs, try thinking like a sociologist and look at this as a human rights issue. Would that change your answer?
3. Since many cultures practice polygyny, should we make it legal for polygynous families to be legal in the United States for people from other parts of the world who immigrate to the US with more than one legal wife in their country of origin?
4. Estimates for cuckoldry (where the man unknowingly raises another man�s genetic child) in monogamous societies range from 13-20% in the United States, 10-14% in Mexico, and 9-17% in
Germany. Above, there is a very popular website called Ashley Madison
11. Their logo is �Life is short. Have an affair.�� The purpose of the website is to allow married people to seek others who are interested in having an extra-marital affair.
This is a link to an article about Ashley Madison. According to Wikipedia, Ashley Madison has 22 million members world-wide.12
5. What do you think about such a website?
a. Would you ever use it?
b. Do you know anyone who has?
3. Based on the McIntosh article do you think white privilege is real?
Explain your answer
After answering all the question what did you learn you didn�t know before?
How can you use what you learnt in your daily life?
