Essays on Sociology

Generation Z, teens are experiencing a new and different way of advertisement. Social media is now being used as a tool for companies to promote their products through social media platforms such as instagram and snapchat. Companies such as Juul and Smok are taking advantage...

Judith Butler, born in 1956, she is a prominent American philosopher and figure in third wave feminism. Butlers work on Gender is an exploration of how gender is formed or exists. Is gender a preexisting entity we have a natural instinctual understanding of from birth?...

As the years go by, generations before and after us will and hopefully continue to grow and evolve the world. Some have had beneficial accomplishments while others did not but, what makes up a remarkable generation to always rely back to? Is it determined by...

Historically, men have been known to bottle their feelings up and hide their problems in fears of their own flaws destroying their masculinity. Those lacking in areas of virility or showing obvious weaknesses are at risk of damaging the ideal image of what they have...

Whenever discussing important historical and social events in American history, one must be prepared to confront the devastating impact of white supremacy, a term defined as the belief that white people are superior to non-white racial groups. As manifested, white supremacy has served as the...

Sexual assault is a highly prevalent health issue in Australian society that is mostly committed against women by men. It is a grievous crime that impedes not only on the victim’s integrity, but also their human rights (Queensland Government, 2015). To understand why men commit...

The panopticon is a conceptual prison that was created by Jeremy Bentham in 1785. The main idea of this prison was that the guards would be able to view and monitor all prisoner activity from one location. In this prison, a tower was placed in...

Introduction The book Enrique’s Journey written by Sonia Nazario, focuses on the long journey a Honduran boy must make in order to reunite with his mother in the USA after many years of separation. This paper looks at the book from a sociological perspective. The...

Grey’s Anatomy is an extremely popular medical drama that first appeared 2005 on American Broadcasting Company, better known as ABC. The television show is based around Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo, and her journey through internship, residency, and eventually her role as an attending...

Anyone familiar with Grey’s Anatomy will agree that the show is over dramatized. The show writer, Shonda Rhimes, tries to add more drama to the show to make it more interesting. The show can be misleading on how hospitals run. Although it has not been...

An explosive trial leads the moderately quiet town of Hillsboro to question their faith in Brady and thinking factually. Belief is pitted against evolution, and Brady vehemently believes that religion is the only valid sect of the case. In the play Inherit the Wind written...

In both A Doll’s House and Woman at Point Zero, the female protagonists are forced to suppress their identities. Henrik Ibsen and Nawal El-Saadawi hide the individualities of Nora and Firdaus in their play and novel respectively from the other characters, however, the audience are...

Women at Point Zero is a novel that tells the story of a prostitute, Firdaus. She is waiting in jail for her death sentence. She experiences sexual harassment which causes her traumas throughout her life in Egypt. The title of the story, Women at Point...

In Woman at Point Zero, Nawal El Saadawi explores the struggles that women face in societies. The protagonist, Firdaus, faces years of discrimination from men throughout the text. The assumed dominance that men take on is shown through their oppressive behavior and the perceived subservience...

Martin Scorsese, an American-Italian filmmaker produced and directed “The Wolf of Wall Street” that was released to the public in 2013. This film tells the story of Jordan Belfort, who was a stockbroker living a luxurious life on Wall Street in the late 90s. Belfort...

The play “Trying to Find Chinatown” published in 1996 by David H. Hwang describes two strangers who happen to argue in the middle of the street in New York. Ronnie an Asian American male who identifies himself as a musician and Benjamin a Caucasian who...

We live in a world where how much you earn will determine your place in society. The short story “The Stolen Party” by Liliana Heker gives a perfect example of this important issue. The main theme in this story is classism. More specifically, classism is...

The Interlopers by Saki shows many different challenges, from Man vs Man to Man vs Nature. This is a short story that begins with Ulrich Von Gradwitz. A man who was watching out for his forest hoping to find his “enemy” or the man he...

Hidden beneath makeup, fashion and jewellery, lies a unique, beautiful woman. Who would have thought that we could all be so different? Yet, society has moulded women to conform to today’s standards. Following celebrity fashion trends, latest beauty hacks, like how to get bigger, lips...