Q1What does it mean to say that ‘intimacy is more than a set of feelings’?

 

Q2 according to Fromm, to describe loving as an art goes against the grain of a consumer society. What does he mean and, in your view, are his claims justified?

 

Q3What do you think is the role of friendship in modern society?

 

Q4 Markus say that ‘sexual love is satiable, it needs friendship in order to sustain and renew itself.’ What does she mean here?

 

Q5 How does your lived experience of family differ to media representations of the family?

 

Q6What do you think about the idea that childhood is being commodified/ sexualized? Provide media examples to support you claims.

 

 

Q7 When we think about ‘youth rebellion’ of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, cultural forms as Rock ‘n’ Roll, the Hippie movement etc. served to differentiate the generations. What about today? Is this still happening, and to what extent?

 

Q8 How does discipline differ from abuse?

The term discipline refers to strategies meant to enhance an improvement in the behavior of an individual. In other words, discipline refers strategies that are meant to control or lead to a change in the behaviors of the targeted person or group of people. Ultimately the person who is disciplined learns the need for behavioral change and adjusts to the desired behavior (Haley et al., 2010). On the other hand, abuse occurs when the person doing it causes physical or mental harm to the targeted person. The person perpetrating abuse focuses on satisfying his or her feelings or needs. Abuse may not lead to an improvement in the behavior of the targeted person. The targeted person usually feels that he or she has been treated with hostility (Haley et al., 2010).

Q9 Why, do you think, same-sex marriage is still not recognized in most countries? Why is our sexuality still such a marker of difference?

 

Q10 Divorce is often seen as a liberating possibility. What are some of its more negative aspects?

Although divorce may be liberating, it has numerous possible adverse effects. To start with, divorce usually causes stress, depression and emotional suffering to the parents involved and children. After divorce, children often feel insecure and anxious. Prolonged anxiety is likely to lead to anxiety disorder. Also, children usually suffer from low self-esteem as a result of divorce. Numerous studies have shown that children brought up by divorced parents are likely to have poor social skills that are gained by children who are brought up in a stable family (Everett, 2014). In addition, there is high probability for children brought up by divorced parents to replicate the same in future. As well, such children are likely to have learning problems and may not perform optimally in school (Everett, 2014).

Q11 To what extent is ‘anomie’ a useful concept today?

The term ‘anomie’ simply describes a situation in which people in a society fail to follow ideals, values or/and standards (Babbie, 2015).

Q12 What’s the role of the ideals of the Enlightenment in today’s, modern societies? Are the ideals of the French Revolution, for example, constant realities in your own society?

 

Q13 When you think about ‘social change’ during the Industrial Revolution, how are changes in technology related to how people began to interact?

 

Q14 What do sociologists mean when they talk about a ‘restructuring’ of the life course?

 

Q15 Thinking about the ‘standard life course’, can we say that it is gendered? How so?

 

Q16 How does contextualising the meaning of adulthood in its social conditions expand our understanding of this ‘life stage’?

 

 

 

 

References

Haley, J., Stein, W., Golden, R. N., Dingwell, H. & Peterson, F. L. (2010). The Truth about          Abuse. New York, NY: Infobase Publishing,

Everett. C. (2014). Divorce and the Next Generation: Effects on Young Adults’ Patterns of

Intimacy and Expectations for Marriage. New York, NY: Routledge

Babbie, E. (2015). The Practice of Social Research. New York, NY: Cengage Learning