SOC 100 WK2 Discussion

"Socialization"  Please respond to the following:

• Explain how the various agents work together to socialize today’s adolescents compared to the socialization of your grandparents or parents. 
• Imagine how the next generation might answer this same question.

 "Social Interaction in Everyday Life"  Please respond to the following:

• A status is a recognized social position that an individual occupies. People occupy many statuses at the same time. Each status has a role associated with it. A role is the behavior and attitudes expected of someone who occupies a particular status. Discuss your current ascribed and achieved status set. 
• Identify your statuses that operate as a master status. If you have no master status, state what will have to change for you to hold a master status. 
• Describe the role expectations of your statuses.

 "Sexuality and the Media"  Please respond to the following:

• From the first e-Activity article, discuss whether you agree or disagree with the article’s premise that the media portrays women as sexual objects. 
• Describe the boundaries you think that the media should adhere to when it comes to issues of sexuality. 

 "Deviance"   Please respond to the following:

• From the second e-Activity, identify any items from the list that you feel are not a violation of a social norm and propose items that you would add to the list and state why. 
• Explain who is responsible for establishing what is, and is not, considered deviant behavior.