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Has anyone taken this before, or recently maybe??
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I switched my major from poli sci to sociology last year. I'm still pre-law, but with a sociological background. As part of the sociology degree path, you take many anthropology courses which has major overlapping with sociology. Do you have a specific question? - Kara
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In class we are talking about gender roles and gender inequalities and we were given this question: Inequalities in social position and power are derived from inequalities in wealth. support or refute. I disagree with this statement because females are insubordinates from their counter-parts because of external threats such as war and and the prohibition of valued sources such as cash crops as is the case for the Azande people. Wealth does not play a major role in the inequalities in social position and power. Do you support or refute the statement? I got my information from: Female Status in the Public Domain Peggy R. Sanday
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Without being a sociology student or college level teacher my first take on this is you will need more supporting evidence than one chapter of a book from 35 years ago and just one culture for an example. Look at recent studies and literature and see if there is a consensus either way on social position, power, and wealth.
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To be honest with you, I disagree with your stance. In every country, it could be different. However, here in the United States, in almost every sociology book I've read, there is a direct correlation between wealth and social position as well as social power. In fact, many suggest that the socio-economic class divide is expanding. Anyway, what you're going to find in studies is that there is clear evidence that women don't make as much as men. I wish I still had my book from last term, but it included several studies on "Who is Poor in America". The answer to that is elderly, children, students, and women. This isn't because we treasure our women; Instead, this traces back to the roots of our country. We were founded by Puritans who treated women like utter and complete crap. Women were viewed as instruments of the devil, who did Satan's bidding. So whilst things have improved, it's not perfect. The same can be said for slavery and many other of our country's early idiocies. We're left with a pile of discrimination. Anyway, but if you really want to argue your point, I would suggest using Google scholar. Try finding more updated studies and books. You can find a lot of good blogging posts who often link to their sources as well. - Kara
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Women usually do work better and neater so should be paid more to be honest lol :P --------------------------------------------- Decorate your V2 Tent and supersize with Irisheyez Direct http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=irisheyez
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What is your stance on band level societies like the Yanomamo and the Dani? For class we have Ancillary Readings, excerpts from monographs to use to get our data.
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Lol, well some women work neatly... but then sometimes you run into a real piece of work. ~ As far as my stance on band level societies, I'm not sure what you mean. I think it's amazing part of world sociology, and I find it fascinating that they live so "primitively" (as we would say). I have concerns and issues with people invading their land for commercial benefit as well as disrupting their cultural and religious beliefs for our own investigation. I wish most study could be done on a participate observer level, but that can again raise ethic issues. - Kara
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[quote]Inequalities in social position and power are derived from inequalities in wealth.[/quote] I just got done taking a social problems class and an individual in society class but one thing we talked about was how people got status vs. power and how in reality they are two different things. Now both can be interwined and cause the other, but it is known that people who are more wealthy are considered to have more power because they can buy their way into things. Now again this is the US to where everything is truly materialistic so therefore in other countries it might not be, but the thing is the more money you have the more you can bribe and buy your way into things. But it would also be safe to say that people do get power and status from other means than wealth. http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=evilbluemunkeyz
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Hey Shannara, is this a discussion for fun or your classwork? If you are looking for ideas to bring up in class discussion that is one thing but I hope you are not asking for a paper you have to write. The point on that would be to get you to think and the teacher probably doesn't mind either way you go with it as long as you can support your stance.
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[quote=thebirthdayprincess]Hey Shannara, is this a discussion for fun or your classwork? If you are looking for ideas to bring up in class discussion that is one thing but I hope you are not asking for a paper you have to write. The point on that would be to get you to think and the teacher probably doesn't mind either way you go with it as long as you can support your stance.[/quote] We don't do at-home essays. It defeats part of the point of being in IB. I already have my stance on this issue. I want to know what other people think. Fr the class we don't study America it is not un-touched aand too civilized. @Kara you should be very careful when using the word "primitive" when concerning band level people because they aren't. Many people in the Anthropological world will get into a fit if that word is used even lightly. There are no such thing as "primitive people" Thats the first thing my teacher told us in class.
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