Examples of Questions
Examples of questions
• How do sociologists explain body modification?
• Discuss beauty pageants from a sociological perspective.
• The second shift. Is our division of labor in the home ‘gendered’?
• Examine the portrayal of black men in music videos,
• Explore the portrayal of women in magazines.
• Is Facebook the new language of friendship?
• Discuss the TV show ‘Sister Wives’ in relation to the diversity of family.
• Do children of divorced parents fare worse than children of parents who stay
together?
• Should we have capital punishment?
• Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative research methods and give
an example of each.
• Reflect of the different sociological definitions of culture. Which one makes
most sense to you and why.?
• Define socialization and gives two examples of agents of socialization.
• When sexuality is treated as a social construction, why would sociologists
argue against the notion of normal?
Topics could include, but are not limited to:
• social media (cyberbullying, online social groups, how we are losing the
ability to interact face-to-face)
• sexism/violence in video games/body image
• dating and gender roles
• the impact of television culture on children
• gender roles and TV shows
• gender roles and infancy
• capital/corporal punishment
• pressure on men to 'look good'/ stay-at-home fathers
• pressures in high school/hazing
• same-sex marriage/sexuality (nature vs nurture debate)