Blogging through Invitation to Sociology (2020)

I personally find myself changing my presentation with different people. I am much comfortable with females because the conversation topic is more in common and girls are often more compassionate than boys. I find myself more comfortable, funny and soft in front of girls. Also, I become very talkative and outgoing when I'm with people that I think are attractive. I feel desire to appeal myself when I see someone that I like, because naturally you can be more awkward and less confident when you're interested in that person but I don't want to hide myself.  I am usually relaxed and calm in person but attractive friends make me active, which can give me inner energy so I try to hang out with favorite people a lot.

Human is a social animal, and the reason why we cooperate is because doing so is usually synergistic. It creates more benefit for less cost and makes our lives easier and better.   Cooperation is important besause if we have to live in a society, we cannot do many things without cooperating with other societal members. It allows people and groups to work together to achieve a common goal or derive mutual benefits. Cooperation exists at many levels and takes place between individuals and organizations as well as between states and countries. Cooperation allows participants to exchange valuable information that helps both sides improve their knowledge bases and work in a time- and resource-efficient manner.

I’ve never thought that globalization would stop or collapse at all, because the world was becoming more and more active in communicating via internet. I thought there will be no way to stop it before a world war occurs. However, this belief was shook when COVID-19 started to spread worldwide. It is actually collapsing now in many ways. Coronavirus has disrupted global value chains that connect producers across multiple countries. We can’t go abroad easily since there are danger of infection everywhere. The internet is still connecting everyone worldwide, but I think that globalization can be slowed down and get in trouble if this continues.

In my opinion, God is portrayed as a male because ‘he’ has to be a strong feature who can protect human. God created the world and fights with evil, which can be a little rough work for a traditional female image. I believe the old stereotype of gender took a role in bible. Also, the rulers who used religion as a tool wanted to portray god as a man. In many other religions, there are gods who are women but those religions are not as popular as christianity. In the past, there were only men in the governing classes and they wanted women to stay in family life. If you look at the bible, Holy mother Maria is portraying exactly what the desirable quality of women should be except that she’s a virgin forever. Christianity had a huge relevance with politics, so I believe God had to be a man for benefit.

Valentine’s day has commodified love into something material such as restaurants, jewellery, flowers, lingerie, alcohol, and cards. However, I don’t believe that we can value love or project real love. It is a sweet gesture to exchange a simple, low-price gift, but we don’t need to spend a lot of money to ‘prove’ that we love someone because it only benefits the related businesses. Relationships, courtship to use an old-fashioned word, should not be confined to a single day but should be celebrated every day and this celebration does not have to involve the commodification of relationships through acts of consumption.

I believe that 3D printing will change the world. Since 3D printing service reduces the time and effort of the manufacturer to create, much more emphasis can be done on the research and design of a product. The manufacturers can invest their time in making a better product as the production time is reduced. Different tests can be conducted before the actual product is manufactured. 3D printing leads to a reduction of wastes and thus, there is no requirement of reducing, reusing, and recycling the waste materials. Therefore, it will benefit the industry that ultimately benefits society by either producing quality products or reducing the price of the products or both.

Fashion changes because people change what they like. It’s based on mood or personal preference, and that can change based on any number of factors. The other theory is that trends are started and ended by the fashion industry, which makes millions off of people who think they need to be wearing the “latest” thing, no matter how silly or short-lived it might be. Trends are short lived styles that are often fun or rather extreme fashion statements. However, classics are elegant staples and styles that rarely change and look good no matter what other “trends” are going on.

There are many reasons why should we study history. First, we can understand other cultures. History programmes address questions such as “Why are other cultures different from ours?” or “Why are some cultures antagonistic, whereas others are not?”. By studying the past, we will learn more about what makes populations tick the way they do. Second, it can Increase our understanding of national identities and societies. as a we will look into how nations were formed by an understanding of past and a common identity. In addition, it makes societies better to learn from the past. Third, we can understand the changes in world easily. History is the study of change and the world is constantly changing, so understanding the role of change in society helps us interpret the world in its current state. History provides us with a firm grasp of why things change, the mechanisms driving change and its significance.

Do genetic or environmental factors have a greater influence on my behavior? I believe that certain things are inborn, or that they occur naturally regardless of environmental influences. All of our characteristics and behaviors are the result of evolution. Genetic traits handed down from parents influence the individual differences that make each person unique. However, how a person behaves can be linked to influences such as parenting styles and learned experiences. For example, a child might learn through observation and reinforcement to say 'please' and 'thank you.' Another child might learn to behave aggressively by observing older children engage in violent behavior on the playground. In my opinion, both nature and nurture influence behavior and development, and it can’t be judged which is more important because the experts are still debating on this subject. 

The expectation of men and women in home and workplace is different, and it is mainly caused from the discrimination against women. Men are expected to work hard and show their productivity as best as they can. They are taught to be ambitious from a young age and to conquer the high position in work is required as a natural quality for men. However, women are expected to take care of both family and work, and if they don’t get married or have children, they are often considered as selfish. Even though women right has developed a lot, there is still prejudice and expectation about ‘playing a female role’ of devoting to family. I think we must break the stereotype and give men more duties at home, while encourage women to get higher positions in workplace.

Those who believe it’s good, or at least necessary, argue that it provides incentives to entrepreneurs and a source of overall investment for the economy. Those who believe it’s bad argue that it can prevent poorer people from investing in their education and encourage the rich to grab a bigger slice of the economic pie without making the pie any bigger. In my opinion, rising inequality will bring bad impacts on all group of society especially in the economic aspect. First, If there are large numbers of poor people, economic growth may be affected by their inability to invest in education and their lower health levels, among other factors. Second, If inequality “squeezes” the middle class, it may reduce its demand for goods and services. Third, If inequality means rising incomes among the rich, it could see them accumulate savings, which banks can then lend out, so increasing investment in the economy. Or, the rich may use their economic power to lobby against policies that don’t ser...

In the past, Korea was very closed about other ethnics living in the country. There were discriminations against them and people emphasized ‘one-blooded’ connection. However, As the increase of foreign migrants in Korea transform a single-ethnic homogenous Korean society into multiethnic and multicultural one, Korean government and the civil society pay close attention to multiculturalism as an alternative value to their policy and social movement. Also, now we can see foreigner celebrities on television more than ever, which makes us feel friendly about multiethnic society. Therefore, I can say that Korea is definitely becoming multiethnic. 

One of the worst gender problem that Korea has had for many years is an earning discrimination called ‘Glass ceiling problem.’ Glass ceiling refers to structural suppression that is invisible but prevents certain genders or races from going up any further, figuratively referring to a situation in which a person with sufficient ability cannot hold high office due to gender discrimination or racism in the workplace. To look at Korea specifically, According to CEO Score, which surveyed the nation's top 200 listed companies as of September 2019, 39 female registered executives accounted for 2.7 percent of the total. There were 168 companies without a single female registered executive, accounting for 84% of the total, and none had more than three registered executives. However, Korean government is trying to break this, but it has no forcibleness because they are not punished even if they violate the law.  Also, Women's single parenting problem is another main issue which threat...

The toy business is one of the most important thing to be changed for gender equality because the industry splits their product by sex in to sell better. It reinforces the old stereotype of gender role, image and reproduces inequality.   Toys labeled ‘for boys’ are always blue and most are typical things that we imagine related to ‘macho image of men.’ On the other hand, Toys labeled for girls are pink or color of flowers, and is related to beauty.   I think it is extremely harmful for young children as they don’t have strong stereotype yet. They almost look like practicing the gender role from the young age, as girls only sits wearing a pretty princess costume and do make-up when boys are playing with active toys. It implies w omen are the ones who cook and care, and men are the one who do creative work .  We must stop dividing what is for girls or boys and teach children it is normal to play with anything they want. I personally think it would help a lot ...

I agree with the theory because revolutions always started from inequality through history. French revolution is a great example. If there is inequality, people treated worse are bound to get angry and want change. They will try to take away their pie from the powerful people, and it must start from reforming the head of society. Thus a charismatic leader would gain everyone’s anger into one purpose and start the revolution. I think the social welfare is for the basic human right for sure, but in a different point of view, it is also a tool for society to stay safe and prevent such affair in a good or bad way.  

Since Korea is the one- blooded ethnic, there are undeniable discrimination toward foreigners. For example, children and teenagers would call black people in the street ‘Big brother.’ It may sound like a nice word but can be a race insult to them. Another example is that we call Chinese people ‘jjangae’, which clearly has an offensive intent. I don’t think Korean are openly rude to foreigners and most people try to be kind when they ask for something, but the unintentional words and behaviors that separate them from us is a problem. We are doing great in language adjusting and basic manners, so I want to see Korea more sensitively reflect on our unconscious expressions.  

In my opinion, it is because of prejudice. some people may argue that men and women is naturally different, but there are many studies that proved there’s not much difference, especially in intelligence. Also, there are many aspect in study that can overcome the physical condition. In the past, women tend to chose fields that can have jobs easy to take care of children. Since the burden to raise children was main task for women, they couldn’t dare to try in many fields. Nowadays, sexism has been destroyed a lot but still the prejudice remains. We need to think that sex has nothing to do with a person’s possibility.

To my knowledge, there are many races mainly distinguished by the look. Sort by the biggest standard is Asian, Black, White, Hispanic and there are also specific races varied in these four. For example, we call Korean, Japanese, and Chinese people all ‘Asian’ but each is different races. However, this is just biological analysis. If we look at out ancestors, many races are mixed and we all came from the same root of homo sapience. I think despite the difference in appearance, it is desirable to divide race by culture or the character of society. There is no difference when it comes to the most important values like love, peace. We all feel the same emotions. Every race is equal and must be respected.   

In my opinion, Korea’s suicide rate is high because we are so competitive. One of the main reason of suicide is depression, and it is caused by the feeling of lethargy. People fel into lethargy when they feel there’s no change that can be made. In Korean society, the whole system seems to be designed to distinguish winner and loser, which is really hard to overcome once you’ve failed, and it makes people feel depressed. we have to strongly compete with each other since we are in elementary school. Every parents try to make their children study hard and a child learn that they have to ‘survive’ before even having a dream. It goes all the way through Korean’s life. We have to blame on not the individuals, but social structure that pushes us so hard. Therefore, I think we should make more social security system to protect and encourage people. It will eventually reduce the competitive atmosphere and make us think that it is actually ok to live in our way, we don’t have to die.   ...

In my opinion, environment has much more power than the actions of individuals. Many problems in life comes from one’s bad habit and it is usually built long time ago. I think habit is the hardest thing to change and that’s why so many people can’t change themselves even though they try to make a difference plenty of times. For example, if you want to lose weight, you need to exercise regularly. You would watch the individuals who have succeed in losing weight, which can be a great motivation because you want to follow them. However, it is hard to actually change than when the environment like the whole diet is changed by force. Also, most of the people follow the major opinion in society. That is why the tradition and taboos are different in each countries. Individual actions may change things as well, but it can’t beat the general move of public.