Sociology

The Healthiest Rice! White or Brown? From a Nutrition Scientist Perspective.

White and Brown Rice. Credit: PexelsRice is the number three most produced agricultural crop in the world. Only losing for sugarcane and corn. The major producers of rice are placed in Asia, having China producing 28% of the world’s rice before 2020.Rice is demanded globally since 8,000 BC. It is a huge part of...

Businesses Obligated to Act Accordingly to the Green Agenda

Image on how much gas is emitted. Credit: Foto de Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/pt-br/foto/torres-eletricas-durante-a-hora-dourada-221012/Every spring-time  (season of growth), shareholders measure  how they are running their ventures. It's the moment that business people take on advice to form Corporate Policies, Action Plan, Executive and Government expenses. This has been changing currently  as we see the acceleration on...

The Flint Water Crisis Underscores The Impact Of Social Networks

People participate in a national mile-long march in February to highlight the push for clean water in Flint, Mich.Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesAccording to a current Cornell research that focused on the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, the size, strength, and makeup of individuals' social networks are essential indicators of how they will respond to the...

Love Languages May Allow You to Understand Your Partner– Yet it’s Not Exactly Science

If you've ever perused a women's lifestyle magazine or scrolled through social media, you've likely come across a test that promises to reveal your "love language."This concept originated from Gary Chapman's 1992 book, The Five Love Languages, where he observed that couples often misunderstood each other's needs.To address this, Chapman proposed the five love...

Cross-Cultural Study Examines Maternal Attitudes and Infant Development

The study looked at the variation in attitudes towards parenting across two samples of participants from different backgrounds, and found that cultural attitudes about parenting seem to relate to infant experience in some ways, but not others.Mothers in the samples from the United Kingdom. and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting; however, while...

The Connection of Sociology with Other Social Sciences

Sociology is such a significantly variable area that restricting its interpretation to a couple of words would be an injustice to it. It is among the numerous social sciences that take care of the man and his ventures in society. In contrast, the other sciences are history, geography, philosophy, political science, economics, and even...

Nativism: What is and How it Affects Society

The caricature depicts how nativism affected minority ethnic groups in the United States. Credit: Angelo LopezThe movement refers to the preservation of native culture, as opposed to acculturation. Nativism is an anti-migrant philosophy.Nativism, according to Myron Weiner, is a form of ethnic politics. It is a type of ethnic originality in which persons who...

The Colonial Division of Labor’s Function in Development Projects

French caricature (from 1885): German chancelor Bismarck divides the African continent among the colonial powers. Credit: AKG/Picture AllianceThe concept of development was introduced during the colonial era. European countries began to colonize 'non-European' countries. According to Philip McMichael, colonialism is "the subjugation of one culture through physical and psychological tactics by another- a colonizing...

Secularism and Its Effects on Modern-Day India

The illustration reprents the separation from the State and the Church. Credit: RUBÉN ALEJANDRO MOREROWhen early man examined natural happenings, he was determined to find an explanation. Knowledge for natural phenomena, as well as the desire to control them, pushed our forefathers to seek refuge in the concept of a supernatural power, which evolved...