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Positivism aims to explain the reasons why people engage in deviant behaviors scientifically using a cause-and-effect model. Therefore, the central area of concern for positivist lies in the deviant act itself. On the other hand, constructionism mainly concentrates on the reasons why a particular behavior became regarded as abnormal in society by analyzing their beliefs…

Table of Contents Introduction Problem Identification Need to Solve the Problem Action Proposal Justification and Recommendations References Introduction In cases when failing vital organs resist the available types of treatment, the only option for survival may be associated with transplantation. However, there is a significant lack of organ donors who can provide enough resources to…

Straw man fallacy is the substitution of a person’s argument with a distorted form so that it can be easier to attack the opponent by pretending to disagree with an opponent’s viewpoint. It is based on providing an impression of rejecting an argument not presented by an opponent. Since the newly argument was not even…

The needle exchange program’s main objective is to reduce the number of bloodborne disease cases by preventing the reuse of needles. According to evidence by Fernandes et al. (2017) and Elkins (2017), needle exchange programs are effective for reducing the number of bloodborne diseases. Mainly, Fernandes et al. (2017) found that these programs help reduce…

Society puts way too much emphasis on outward physical appearance. Women especially are impacted by this societal flaw. Women throughout history have dealt with significant barriers to their well-being and restrictions on their abilities. Although society has come a long way in terms of providing women with chances to express themselves more and explore other…

Society consists of representatives of various communities and unspoken rules and norms that define the paradigm of everyday life. Sammy is the main character in the short story “A&P” by John Updike. The young man witnessed a taboo on female attractiveness in the 20th century with sexism and inequality characteristics. It is a story about…

Michael Levin is a philosophy professor and writer who argues that using torture is necessary when saving innocent people’s lives from a terrorist threat in his essay “The Case for Torture” (301). He argues that it is dangerous to value the life of a terrorist over hundreds, thousands, and millions of citizens who are affected…

There is a close link between history and an individual, which Charles Mills has suggested. He defined the sociological imagination as a particular state of mind of a researcher that allows us to understand people’s social structures and behavior (Corrigall-Brown, 2019). This is the ability to look at familiar things in a new way, to…

Social behavior is defined as conduct between two or more creatures of the same type, and it includes any activity in which one component influences the other. This is because those members interact with one another. Consequently, social behavior emerges as a result of a two-way engagement between the organism and its external environment. Communication…

One of the groups exposed to violence and cruelty is women. According to World Health Organization (2021), a third of women, namely 27% aged 15 to 49 years, have been subjected to violence by men. In this case, statistics are global and do not include cultural background or socioeconomic status. Violence, beatings, domination over women…