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Discussion Question: Population Growth

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Blog discussion 8 Population Growth
This blog discussion is based on chapter 68 of the book Seeing Ourselves, the article “Let’s Reduce Global Population!” by J. Kenneth Smail.
Answer and discuss the following questions:
What reasons does Smail give to support his belief that even a fully effective program of zero population growth would not be enough to reduce the world’s population? Smail states that the Earth’s long-term carrying capacity is finite. Why does he see this as a problem? What does he see as a solution to the problem? What does Smail mean by his statement “. . .come to regard ourselves more as the Earth’s long-term stewards than its absolute masters.”?

The students who are assigned to answer these questions are asked to do an original posts and comment on the posts of another student. Other students may comment on these posts. The instructions for these discussions are found on the class Moodle site

Discussion Question: Religious Colleges

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Blog discussion 7 Religious Colleges
This blog discussion is based on chapter 56 of the book Seeing Ourselves, the article “How Student Life is Different at Religious Colleges” by Naomi Schaefer Riley

Answer and discuss the following questions: Discuss the reasons why religious college students generally seem to avoid the kind of trouble that puts secular campuses in the headlines. Explain how discipline at religious schools differs from secular institutions. Compare and contrast the rules on dating at Magdalen, Bob Jones University, and Patrick Henry College. What do these rules achieve?

The students who are assigned to answer these questions are asked to do an original posts and comment on the posts of another student. Other students may comment on these posts. The instructions for these discussions are found on the class Moodle site.

Discussion Question: Domestic Violence

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Blog discussion 6 Domestic Violence
This blog discussion is based on chapter 41 of the book Seeing Ourselves, the article Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cultural View” by Elaine Leeder
Answer and discuss the following questions:
Discuss why wife battering is a prevalent and normal family dynamic in India. Explain how industrialization and modernization have led to increased child abuse in India. Discuss the difference between “invisible violence” and “visible violence” in Vietnam.

The students who are assigned to answer these questions are asked to do an original posts and comment on the posts of another student. Other students may comment on these posts. The instructions for these discussions are found on the class Moodle site.

DISCUSSION: Not Getting by in America

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This blog discussion is based on chapter 31 of the book Seeing Ourselves, the article   “Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting By in America” by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Answer and discuss the following questions:
Based on Ehrenreich’s experience, discuss how difficult it would be for you to live on your own making the federal minimum wage? How can a family with two children survive in America earning the federal minimum wage? Do you think that the federal minimum wage should be raised? Please explain.

The students who are assigned to answer these questions are asked to do an original posts and comment on the posts of another student. Other students may comment on these posts. The instructions for these discussions are found on the class Moodle site.

QUESTION ON PROSTITUTION

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Blog discussion 4 Prostitution

This blog discussion is based on chapter 31 of the book Seeing Ourselves, the article PROSTITUTION: A WORLDWIDE BUSINESS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION by MELISSA FARLEY.
Answer and discuss the following questions:

Many people believe that prostitution is a free choice. Farley argues that this belief is false. Why? What is your view of this issue? How does prostitution reflect the intersection of race, sex and class oppression? In terms of the legal and status of prostitution, how do decriminalization and legalization differ? Why is Farley opposed to both? Do you agree or disagree with her position?

The students who are assigned to answer these questions are asked to do an original posts and comment on the posts of another student. Other students may comment on these posts. The instructions for these discussions are found on the class Moodle site.

QUESTION ON INVISIBLE PRIVILEGE

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This blog discussion is based on chapter 21 of the book Seeing Ourselves, the article INVISIBLE PRIVILEGE by PAULA S. ROTHENBERG.
Answer and discuss the following questions:
Why is privilege often invisible? What category of people are more likely to be aware of privilege? Why was Andrea so uncomfortable in Jewel’s Newark home? Do you think people can overcome the type of social differences describe here? Explain
Explain how funding for schools could be a form of “invisible privilege.”
The students who are assigned to answer these questions are asked to do an original posts and comment on the posts of another student. Other students may comment on these posts. The instruction for making original post will be emailed to all students.

Blog discussion topic on the Sociological Perspective

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This blog discussion is based on chapter 1 and 2 of the book Seeing Ourselves, the articles by Peter Berger and C. W Mills.

Explain Peter Berger’s description of the sociological perspective as “seeing the general in the particular.” or C W Mills’s description of the sociological Imagination as ‘Perhaps the most fruitful distinction with which the sociological imagination works is between ‘the personal troubles of milieu’ and ‘the public issues of social structure.’

Explain how we know that the power of society is evident in the personal decision to bear a child or even in the act of committing suicide (e.g. at the Golden gate Bridge)