Sociology Discussion Responses
Response to Post #1
I agree completely with almost everything in your post about the importance of preventing and responding to instances of domestic violence. However, I think it might be s slight exaggeration to characterize domestic violence as the single greatest societal challenge facing our society. That is not to suggest that it is not crucial, only that various other problems may be equal to or even greater in magnitude. In fact, I would suggest that child abuse and other forms of bad parenting are more important issues, particularly since those issues are directly causally related to the domestic violence problem. In general, domestic abusers suffer from some aspect of low self-esteem and were probably subjected to some degree of parental abuse that predisposes them to becoming abusive as adults. In that sense, I would suggest that domestic partner abuse, while an extremely important problem in its own right, is more of a symptom of more fundamental problems than it is an independently occurring societal problem. Even more generally, I would suggest that there is a fundamental problem in the way we socialize the genders differently, such as with respect to sexual morality and gender-based roles in relationships that also contributes substantially to the problem. Addressing those issues would seem to be more effective than focusing mainly on enforcement against offenders after the fact.
Response to Post #2
I agree completely with your assessment of the seriousness of gang-related crime in contemporary society. However, I would suggest that the most effective approach to reducing gang-related crime might be to focus more on some of the underlying contributing factors than on crime prevention or enforcement. Specifically, I would suggest that gang culture is strongest in communities that receive the fewest benefits of social services, largely because low-income and high-crime areas generally receive less social-service attention outside of criminal enforcement...
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 Your post illustrates the extent to which effective leadership is an essential component of most change-based initiatives. Regardless of the nature of the changes at issue, achieving meaningful objectives in relation to necessary or desired changes is largely dependent on the effectiveness and commitment of leaders. I would also agree, generally, that leadership as not as dependent on or as much a function of personal
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 I agree with you completely about the moral travesty of the continuing social and political inequality in many African nations as well as the continuing detrimental effects, even today, of European colonialism on the African continent. Likewise, it is inexcusable that racial inequality still persists today. However, the inability of many African societies to overcome the challenges that still bar significant social reform and progress
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 While I agree completely with your sentiments and your long-range goals and the values they represent, I am not so sure that providing the resources you mentioned is as realistic a solution as it may have been in prior years. In my opinion, there is actually a fundamental barrier to the goal of increasing the availability of social programs in the current political climate. Specifically,
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 I would agree completely with you that personal awareness is a crucial factor in relation to the ability of therapists and counselors to provide high-quality professional services. It is obvious that all of us are substantially the products of our external environments and experiences in life. As a result, by the time we enter the professional field, we unavoidably bring with us a personal perspective
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post # Your post raises some very important issues that face the entire nation as well as the individual states such as New Mexico. The largest social services programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are unsustainable for the long-term, largely because of the dramatic demographic changes in American society since their development. Today, the average longevity is almost double what it was in the early 20th century
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post # I agree completely with your post. All of us have a natural tendency toward loss of objective perspective and we tend to view the world through the prism of our own lives and in a manner framed by our personal experiences and standards of living. I admit to having caught myself many times worrying too much about things that, in reality, are extremely minor compared
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