no way outa no way & the hispanic dropout history

No way out no way , was a great article in which i think Becky Thompson made some valid points and stated some interesting facts. She used three theoretical models to explain it all she used the Biomedical model which offered the scientific research, the psychological model which exapkined the danger of starvation and purging and the Feminist model which offered an explanation to why the majority of the people that have an eating disorders are women and how gender socialization and sexism may relate to eating problems. I agree with Becky because most women now and days go for what they see on tv and forget to be who they think they are when they look in a mirror a majorty of the teens now and days all wanna be skinny because they think itll be cool and they would fit in. Class, poverty and all of it have to do with what becky is saying and why women do what they do when they turn to food for confort like in the experiment she made she pick these random girls in which they all had a diiferent experience and yet all knew why they turned to food at the end of day. its like a drug the only differences was that it was illegal and wasnt going to kill them like drug would have done.

 The hispanic drop out rate is so big and out of control because many hispanic like stated in the short story dont know english or maybe because they want to fit in. For instance, that mexican girl who dropped out because she wante to fit in. Many time they drop out because they want to help there family so they get jobs preventing them gooing to school. poverty has well has a lot to do with it because if a family had enough to give ethere kids wouldnt have to work and try to earn a living .the hispanic drop out rate is also were is at because the spanish speaking students probably dont feel like they being are being helped and instead there being laughed were as if there going to school they expect to be getting some extra help because they dont know english.

People like us

Watching this video of "People like us" have made me see this social class thing so differently. I've always thought about social class but never really thought about it as something so big or that even really mattered. But watching this have made me see the big picture. Social class is something major and there is more to it then saying your just middle class or upper class. Social class depends on your race, occupation, who your parents are, and maybe even the car you drive and the house you live in. They've made some great points. The critics and the people that judge others because of the way they dress, talk, the school you go to, and the education your parents have gave you is like he said is like still living in high school all your life. I think that no matter what class you come from you should be able to do as you please because social class shouldn't tell you who you are. We are living in the same world living up to some big dreams that we have for our selves. The video "people like us" is a video that all these upper class and middle class should take a look at because then they could see how hard some people have it or how some don't put themselves in the situation they are. Some work very hard to make it up and some work very hard to stay up. Mostly everyone in America see them selves as middle class people while really really we all really have this specific class in which we are from that we don't see. Race is also something that has a lot to do with because if your black your automatically from some other class you could be in a nice house and have nice car and those will see you as nothing.

Positive functions of the undeserving poor

This short story have made great points on both the poverty today and the judgmental stereotypes that we have today in society. Poor people and those who are on the welfare are all judged as if they were bad people just because they are were they are. But they shouldn’t be judge or denied any type of help because like they mention in this story the unemployment rate is ridiculous. In this story he speaks about the five sets of functions and then the 13 specific functions. He explains how each have these functions have there pros and its cons. I think he have made some valid points no one should be judge because of what they are For instance, the drug user, those who want to succeed and those who cant even find a job even if they wanted to because if your a no experience person or because of your history they will deny you any opportunity in becoming anything or even being able to get a job. Poverty has a lot to do with it because those who have nothing at all really don’t have a choice for example, those who try to stay out of trouble but cant because no one is really giving them a helping hand. So maybe it all have to do with those who surround them and criticize them instead of helping it all make a different and they aren’t all the same just because they are what they are some don’t ask to be put in that difficult situation.

In this chapter that I've been looking over. I've notice how gender has a lot to do with it all, because men and females are so different in many ways. The value and Norms they have for themselves are completely different from one another. For example, if a man goes around getting many girls he's cool but if a women try's doing something like that she'd be the worst person. Everyone in this society that we live in today are completely different I agree because we all come from different Norms we all are raised to be what our parents wants to be or how they want everyone to view us. It all really comes down to that.

"A calling of men" and "killing us softly"

1. “ A call to men “ Is mainly about the misunderstanding of what being a men is. Tony porter talks about how men view themselves and women. He used the example of a man’s box as an example of the socialization of a men where men believe they don’t cry, they don’t act like women, and where their never to show fear nor weakness ever, and how women are weak and just objects of men particularly sexual objects Tony Porter says. For instance, he used his own life experience where his brother passed and his dad show no type of emotions till all the women leave the car and busted out in tears. This shows how he didn’t want to be seen like a women if he cried on front his family, but Tony Porter spoke how he was in shock because he couldn’t hold it but he cried in front of him and apologize because he cried on front of him how these believes man have, have them all trap. Tony Porter’s whole speech really had to do with the concept of how men are viewed in the world how they have these specific set of value and norms that they should always take in consideration. How these value and norms men give themselves as well can hurt then for instance, when he spoke about how when his daughter would cry he would babies her and when his son will cry he will send him to the room and tell him to get himself together. This make the whole man box tradition something that will for ever stay around because till this day man boys still believe that they don’t cry and they should always be tough.

2. “ Killing us softly “ Is mainly about the bad look advertisement has been giving us women for many years now. How the concept of what a women worth is, is completely misunderstood. For instance, the way us women are now used as objects, how our bodies are used in advertisement to sell about anything like perfume, watches, and even man perfume. A women’s is dismember in the advertisement industry she said. In the “killing us softly” she shows how women are shown to be powerless and used as objects and not given no self worth. She explains how the culture we live in today are giving the young women’s and teens the wrong idea of what a women is with these advertisement for instance, these advertisement has both women and teens thinking that being beautiful is if you wear make up, if your really skinny etc. so what does that make all the other girls. It even makes the women think they need a women think that they need a man in there life to survive. The whole idea given of the video is that women’s norms and believes are being shaped in such a cruel way because of these advertisement making all women weak and powerless because it makes us all think they we are all objects and that they’re all true because it makes us women think they have to live by what these advertisement say because it tell us what we are and what we should be.

3. Both of these video’s “A call of men” and “Killing us softly” both relate to the socialization chapter because the socialization chapter speaks about every individuals ways of growth, the way everyone have different norms, believes, and value. Where in both these video’s they speak of both men and women values and the way society and people view one another. It also relates to the chapter because the chapter also speaks about the mass media in which really relates to the “killing us softly” video because the advertising give teens and many women the wrong idea of one’s self worth. In the chapter you can see how they explain that the mass media is a agent of socialization from childhood right through adulthood. Both these video’s also relate to the chapter because they are a great example that proves that we all learn from our surrounding. For instance, kids when there in a young age you can see how they copy what an adult say and play doctor and pretend they are other people. Another example could be like when one see’s another person get rewarded for something good they have done a instant action another person will take is to go and do the same so that they can get rewarded. Gender socialization has a lot to do with all it all and it’s a great example of “A call to men” because it helps understand why boys think that should be tough and “killing us softly” because it shows how a women is always quiet and innocent and if she rough or aggressive she is known to be a tomboy. Both these video’s are great example of the socialization chapter because it helps us see more clearly how socialization take place throughout your whole life. How it’s a formal instruction but also usually is a socialized informal behavior and reaction observed by others.

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Society

Society is full of many different culture in which there's many different beliefs. After, just a couple weeks in this class I can't help but notice all the different culture that surrounds me when I'm on the train, bus or just simply walking. Society is both order and chaos, at first I thought it was just complete chaos because I wasn't really seeing the big picture, but it's really both society has its way having the community and everyone in Order and then again it has it's way of having it all it complete chaos. What you think?

Society

Before taking this class I viewed society in a totally different way. I thought was just the people that are around which I don't know and I don't care about. Now I see it completely different because it's much more then, society is the different culture we all have, the values and the principles of the different ways I see society.