Sociology
Sexual trauma
Question Description: One in 6 females and one in 33 males have experienced some form of sexual trauma in their lives (RAINN, 2009). Many who seek treatment present with issues unrelated to sexual trauma. Given the high percentage of sexual trauma survivors, it is very likely that you will encounter clients with such a history during your career, regardless of your specialization. Therefore, it is important to familiarize yourself with a sexual trauma framework and skills specific to working with this population. While sexual trauma mostly occurs on an individual level, it also can have a significant impact on the family system. As a practitioner, you may intervene with the individual survivor, the parent(s) of a child who has been sexually abused, the spouse of a rape survivor, and/or the family system as a whole.
For this Discussion, select two types of sexual trauma from the readings this week and think about two interventions you might use for each and why.
Major sociological perspectives
Refer to Chapter. 1 to review the three major sociological perspectives.
Use all three perspectives (functionalism, conflict and interactionism) to analyze any current issue:
(Global warming, terrorism, gender roles, personal branding, science and technology, utopian society, economy, leadership, discrimination, relationships, health, gun control, immigration, disabilities, minimum wage, abortion, cohabitation, etc.). You can choose one to make it easier for you 🙂
Write a 700- to 1,000-word essay in which you complete the following:
Give a brief introduction that identifies the issue you have chosen and why.
Describe in three separate paragraphs how each perspective would view or explain the issue.
Protagonist and antagonist
ASSIGNMENT: Write a character analysis. A character’s development generally has an important impact on a story’s major themes. Choose a key character (the story’s protagonist) or characters (the story’s protagonist and antagonist, etc.) in one of the following stories and discuss how the character’s development contributes to a major theme in that story. Completing this task requires that you are able to state succinctly the theme of the short story.
Write a 500 to 700-word analytical essay about one or more characters from one of the short stories listed below. You must include at least three direct quotations from the short story itself. You are not permitted to use other sources of information (i.e. web sites, articles, books, etc. about the short story). Doing so will result in a Code of Conduction violation.
“Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates
“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
Culture humility
How do we meaningfully interact with a client who is outside of our comfort zone for a reason related to culture? What are our ethical obligations related to this? Please refer to specific passages from the NASW Code of Ethics and at least one research article to support your response.
Do our workplaces encourage cultural humility or culturally informed practices? If so, how and is there any room for improvement? If not, how could we incorporate our learning into the workplace? Please refer to specific passages from the NASW Code of Ethics and at least one research article to support your response.
How do we apply our learning about cultural humility to the practice? For example, how might it form our assessment process, the formulation of treatment goals, or our understanding of our client’s experience? How do we know if we are engaging in culturally informed practice? Please refer to specific passages from the NASW Code of Ethics and at least one research article to support your response.
Social issue of personal interest
In this paper you will review Part 1 by applying your learning to a social issue of personal interest. Please make
sure to select a social issue (one involving groups of people/relating to society) and to address that same social
issue throughout the paper.
Please follow the paragraph structure outlined below, and please address every outlined question. Each paragraph
should reflect approximately one page of writing, with the entire paper constituting a streamlined narrative essay.
Paragraph 1: Sociological Thinking (see Writing Assignment #1, Questions 1-2)
What does it mean to study a topic sociologically?
o What is the scientific approach to sociological study? What is the interpretive approach?
If you were to study a social issue sociologically, what would you choose to study?
o Would you study that social issue from the perspective of a scientific or an interpretive