week 5 forum

Forum Question:

Go to the following site:

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

and explore several of the Series featured under the home page "Series" link. At this time, do not explore the "Stories" or "Countries" links.

Referring to some of the social problems you noticed as operating in the Series, answer one of the following questions:

1)  What are one or more important sociological issues in health and medicine in the world today that you observed in the Series you explored? What are some data you can find to show the prevalence of these issues, and what groups of people do these issues affect most?

OR

2)    What are one or more important sociological issues related to sexuality in the world today that you observed in the Series you explored? What are some data you can find to show the prevalence of these issues, and what groups of people do these issues affect most?

Course Objectives:

The Week Five forum will develop your ability to do the following:

Course Objective One

Identify specific social problems and their cause-effect patterns.

Course Objective Five

Illustrate how the sociological process enables us to identify various social concerns.

Course Objective Six

Explain the role of culture in identifying social issues as problems.