January 2013 ~ Whysofamous

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Amanda Todd: Killed By Society

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Posted in Agents of Socialization, Amanda Todd, blackmail, cyber bullying, death, school bullying, self-harm, sociolgy, suicide, teenager | No comments

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Recreation Room … Is It Excluding Qatari Girls?

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

It's 2013 and We're Still Alive!

Posted on 3:00 AM by Unknown

I recently watched the movie 2012, and it was basically about the world coming to an end. The movie “was inspired by theories that the calendar of the ancient Mayans foretells the end of civilisation on Dec 21, 2012” (Philip Sherwell and Hernando Garcia 2009). Hollywood spent more than $200 million on creating this film as it was meant to attract a global audience. The end of the world is considered a big catastrophe affecting every individual on...

Posted in 2012, bourgeoisie, capitalism, conflict theory, Hollywood, inequality, mayan calendar, proletariat, Social Inequality, sociological perspective, sociological theory | No comments

Monday, January 28, 2013

"Modern Abaya"

Posted on 2:05 AM by Unknown

The culture and traditions of the Middle East are wildly different than they are in the west. Due to the majority of the Middle East being Muslim, the differences of cultural behaviors and social norms are drastic. Women in the Middle East are held under certain expectations that they’re anticipated to follow. The cultural “norm” of how a Middle Eastern woman dresses and acts is considered to be very conservative. We’re expected to be “covering”...

Posted in Abaya, Abaya designs, alienation, arab society, Arab stereotypes, arabic culture, fashion, Marx theories, media, Middle East, Modern, modernization, religion, sociology, traditions | No comments

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Why are women obsessed with becoming thin?

Posted on 11:22 AM by Unknown

The power of media boosted with the help of technological developments and has been able to shape the society and public opinion. For the past few years, media has been successful in setting their standards of beauty that the public has to unwillingly conform to. The perfect image portrayed of women in magazines, through the use of image manipulation, contributes to the societal and mental image of a beautiful woman. The problem lies in the fact...

Posted in alienation, anorexia, baulimia, beauty, bullying, capitalism, eating-disorders, media, models, self-esteem, self-image, society, weight-loss | No comments

Sealine Desert in Qatar

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Posted in arabs, Desert, Doha, gender differences, Qatar, Sealine, sociology | No comments

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Where is the Saudi Woman's Public Identity?

Posted on 8:22 AM by Unknown

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Posted in driving, Fyunka, Government, identity, inequality, public identity, religion, saudi arabia, sociology, The Accolade | No comments

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