SOCL 2001 Chapter : Social Change
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Sexual objectification representing or treating a person like a sex object, one that serves another"s sexua pleasure: media is increasingly sexualized. Social change=transformation of culture and social institutions over time; ex. more people are attending college, more females in work force, family size shrinking, more people choosing to stay single. Collective behavior=the spontaneous and unstructured behavior of a large number of people. We tend to act different in groups than we do when we are alone. Includes fads, fashion, etc: rumor=unfounded info spread quickly. 21, 2012: gossip=spreading news about other peoples personal lives; often negative, urban legends=stories that supposedly happened to people, fashion=standard of appearance that is widely accepted within a society; influenced by society; ex. Social movements=organized activity to bring about resist social change: alternative=limited social change; target small group of people, redemptive=target specific groups but advocate more radical change; ex. Covenant house: reformative=limited social change across entire society; ex.
