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Compare and contrast two theoretical approaches to social problems.

12 Mar 2021, 16:00 Publicly Viewable

The feminist orientation

There is a variation in a societies that emphasize that there is inequality that women are subordinated in sex in the dimension of social political and the economic life. The women are not taken serious by the society because the community or society thinks women are incompetent and they cannot do their work properly.

And they are sidelined when it comes to political matters and the economic and their inputs are put aside. The cause of the problem is that the culture incriminated women in the past because men in the past did not want to value the opinion of their wives so thats why.it is a social problem because it has an impact on women in a society that their right are being denied to have the same opportunities  as men. 

The conflict orientation

The society is characterized by the persive inequality that is based on the social class, race and gender. It is social problem because the resources are scarce to many people and they want to put the food on table to avoid going to bed on an empty stomach. The problems that leads to this social problems are unemployment and unequal distrubition of wealth. In feminist orientation it fight for equality among inmen and women to have the same opportunity in the work place and earn the same as men. In the conflict orientation it is a conflict over the scarce resources that reinforce on inequalities and it is a far reaching because things are not going to change anytime soon while in the feminist orientation it won't take a while for things to turn around. The inequalities needs to be reduced so that we can have a warm society and create an egalitarian. The change can happen if the government is willing to intervene and help to build a better country for its own citizens. 

Learning activity 1 for study unit 1.

5 Mar 2021, 23:24 Publicly Viewable

Smash and grab is a social problem because it is the vandalising of some ones property that includes the disappearance of something that someone bought because they love it. an example is having to experience the smashed car window done by someone who tries to steal. this turns into a social problem because it creates an environment where people do not feel safe where ever they are this social problem is caused by someone who is less reliable to the community, by vandalising or smashing their assets because of jealousy or making extra money in order to smoke drugs. We cannot change this problem because it will definitely change People can only try and change themselves so that they can have a healthy lifestyle. Rape is one of the social problems because it is something that is done by force that damages one's mentality and future this problem is classified as a social problem because it leaves people with some memories that do not fade, that opens wounds of the victim that are being raped and it brings harm because many people are being raped and the number of the affected one grow rapidly leading into a society that portrays hatred for men this problem is usually caused by our brothers and fathers who do not have morals and respect. This problem can be solved by arresting all the accused and guilty people who are found guilty of the crime. Fast food is mot a social problem because its food that is being sold by our community in order to have money for their needs , this might be a social problem if it affects the health of people in society but it also helps people survive as it generates a source of income so people are able to provide for the basic needs as a result of a high unemployment rate  that leads to high poverty rates in the country people find themselves having to earn a living somehow and there for fast food creates that platform. the problem can be solved by reducing the sale of food that are high in oil content to avoid making unhealthy food that can affect peoples health negatively. HIV is a social problem because it kills people if they take too long without taking their medication, the causes are when people have unprotected sex without knowing one another's HIV status this can be solved by people having to ensure that they take their medication, accordingly and by co-operating with doctors and by stopping the spread of HIV.