SOC 030 Lecture Notes - Premarital Sex
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Part 2 our definitions and beliefs are socially constructed. Groups decide what is true or right and live by these rules. Socially constructed beliefs, everyone just does what they are told to do because everyone else is doing it. Ex: short story the lottery by shirley jackson. There tend to be certain messages in the media that are more dominant. Ex: the polygamists make up their set of rules (multiple wives and children) and live by them. Children are teased / get rocks thrown at them. Lack of medicine / medical care because of discrimination. Social perspective: if you can move between groups, then there can"t be one right and one wrong one. Reinforced by actions of individuals and groups (social control) The process by which we learn the ways of our group so that we can function successfully. Family is the first place where we start to learn the rules of the culture.
