DISS Quarter 2 Module 15

DISS Quarter 2
Module 15 - The
Practical Use of
Social Science in
Addressing Social
Concerns
Lesson 1: The Role of Social Science in Addressing
Gender
Inequality and Racial Discrimination
According to World Health Organization
(WHO), gender inequality refers to the
differences between men and women that
systematically favor one group, which is the
result of distinct roles and behaviors that a
particular society considers appropriate for
men and women. This is rooted to gender
ideology that produces social construction of
gender roles, which are often mistaken for
sex roles.
Gender
To cite an example, getting pregnant is a sex
role that only women can perform but child
rearing is a gender role that can be
performed by women as well as men.
Because of gender ideology that places
women in the private sphere (home) and
men in the public sphere (economy), child
rearing becomes a sex role assigned to
women when in fact it is gender roles.
Gender
Gender inequality can be analyzed using
Social Science approach such as different
Feminist Theory and Symbolic Interactionism.
Ancient literature often portrayed women as
irrational beings. So, for Liberal Feminism,
women should be given the right to
education for only through education can
women prove their rationality. Aside from it,
equal rights in laws, right to vote as well as
to be elected in public office should be given
Gender
For example, the association of color pink to
women and blue to men is just a social
construct and do not have a biological
explanation, yet we judged men wearing pink
as gays. Same as to with the toys often
played. Boys are expected to play with toy
guns or robots and girls with dolls and
cooking set. For it is perceived that boys
should be strong and become manly and girls
should be looking for their looks and learn
Gender
In terms of work, males are given
priority when it comes to position
rather than females. The social
construct of women being
irrational may be one of the
reasons people create symbols
that signify this belief, hence
Gender
1.2 Racial Discrimination
Racial discrimination is another social issue that we still
face today. It
defines as actions, behavior, treatment based on
prejudice or hatred against persons based on their race
(Hunt and Colander, 2011). It involves
narrowmindedness and discrimination against people
who are thought to be inferior to other people based on
the color of their skin. Also, it may be in the form of
social acts, customs, or beliefs. It can be understood
using Conflict Theory and Structural-functionalism.
Gender
Racial discrimination can be
analyzed through the lens of conflict
theory specifically Marxism. As
you’ve learned in previous lesson
that Marxism asserts that class
oppression is the result of the
division of capitalist society into the
bourgeoisie (middle class) and the
Gender
Racial discrimination of white Americans
against the African has been the
characteristics of American society. The
rise of capitalism has led to the division
of society between the white Americans
who control the mode of production, and
the African-American who serve as
workers. This all started way back 17th
century when Africans came to America
Gender
Structural-functionalism, on the other
hand, espouses a different view of race.
Even racism is prevalent in different
societies, it plays a significant role.
Example is the caste system of India.
Though the social classes were divided
into four, each
class must have to perform its own
functions.
Gender
Structural-functionalism looks on the
positive rather than the negative
consequences of racial discrimination. As
long as this social classes working with
social harmony and smoothens the
functioning of society, there will be no
problem at all.
Terrorism
and Social Inequality
Terrorism as defined by
Britannica is the calculated
use of violence to create a
general climate of fear in a
population and thereby to
bring about a particular
Terrorism
Merriam Dictionary also
defines terrorism as the
systematic use of terror
especially as a means of
coercion.
Terrorism
It characterizes as political in nature;
pursuits, acquires and use of power;
threat or threat of violence with the
goal of instilling fear beyond
immediate victims; it targets
military, government
representatives, as well as civilians;
and it involves calculated or planned
Terrorism
Through Social Science approaches
such as Psychoanalysis and Rational
Choice Theory, one may analyze this
life-threatening social issue.
Terrorism
Terrorism has traditionally been considered
as representing a mental disorder, thus it can
be analyzed using psychoanalysis. Through
psychoanalysis, the terrorist’s psyche will be
understood by delving into his or her
unconsciousness so that his or her terrorist
behavior can be explained. It may or may not
represent a mental disorder; the hidden
reason why a terrorist engages in such acts
may be uncovered through psychoanalysis.
Terrorism
Rational choice theory can be utilized
also to analyze terrorism. The theory
claims that people always make
logical and practical choices that
provide them with the greatest
benefit or satisfaction. RTC
advocates the idea that terrorist acts
usually stem from logical,
Terrorism
So, in terrorism, it can be seen as the
best strategy to fulfill personal or
sociopolitical
goals in some cases. In RTC, terrorist
is aware of the reasons behind his
or her acts and that for him or her, it
is the best option available to
advance his
Terrorism
Social inequality refers to the
existence of unequal opportunities
and rewards for different social
positions within a group or society
and contains structured and
recurrent patterns of unequal
distribution of goods, wealth,
opportunities, rewards, and
Terrorism
In addition, it means that certain
groups of people have access to
more resources and opportunities
than others. Being linked to gender,
class and race, people who often
dominate in societies are males,
whites, those with higher education,
and those with higher incomes.
Terrorism
In Philippine setting, we can use
Pantayong Pananaw and Sikolohyang
Pilipino in order to understand social
inequality.
Terrorism
If we use Pantayong Pananaw as an approach in
the issue of social inequality in the country, the
concept of the great cultural divide could be
applied to explain why social inequality exist.
History has shown us that the great divide between
the elite and the masses at present traces its roots
to colonial times when some wealthy Filipinos were
used by Spanish colonizers to implement colonial
interests in the country. The great cultural divide
would aggravate the gap between the rich and the
poor because of the conflict of interests between
Terrorism
Sikolohiyang Pilipino can also be used to analyze
social inequality. In this approach, the core concept
of kapuwa is distinguished from its counterpart in
the American language, which is the “other”.
Kapuwa means unity of the self and
other, or extension of the self, while “other” means
a person or a thing that is different or distinct from
one already mentioned or known about.
Terrorism
Therefore, kapuwa signifies unity while “other”
signifies difference from the self. At this point,
social inequality will never occur if people will only
value the concept of kapuwa if people will only
treat other people as extension of themselves,
they will act based on what is best not only for
themselves but for others as well.
Terrorism
If people will treat others as they would want
themselves to be treated, resources will be equally
shared among everybody and everyone will get
what they need without exploiting other people for
profit.

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