term1 Definition1term2 Definition2term3 Definition3
Please sign in to your Google account to access your documents:
Men Right Activism
Metcalf-Subjectives Narratives)Right to exercise competing narratives from dominant narratives
A Social Movement
A set of opinions and beliefs in a population representing preferences for changing specific elements of the social nature of a society or social world
Social Movement Organization
A complex or formal organization that identifies its goals with preferences of a social movement and attempts to implement these goalsIn effect, an SMO formalizes and attempts to realize the goals, and mobilize the resources, of a movement itself
Role of Social Movements and SMO’
are a recognized framework within the sociology of human rights from both a
Structural Functional and
Social Conflict perspective
SF: social movement examine the operational functions of a social structure - government, policy, laws.SC: social movements examine the conflicts existent within these social structures - equality, equity, safety.
Structural Functional
social movement examine the operational functions of a social structure - government, policy, laws
SC: social movements examine the conflicts existent within these social structures - equality, equity, safety.
Cultural Relativism
The principle that an individual’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others from the perspective of that individuals own cultureThe establishing of Cultural Relativism was in part a response to Western ethnocentrism.
Franz Boas via Kant:
Argued that one's cultural immersion may limit one's perceptions of difference – other cultural beliefs
Culture is food, art, and music or religion, but culture is also:
The totality of the actions and reactions that characterize the behaviour of those composing a social group collectively and individually in relation to their natural environment, to other groups, to members of the group itself, and of them individual to themself
Culture produces twin discontents:
One: how to escape the unconscious bonds of one's own culture, which inevitably bias our perceptions of and reactions to the world
Two: how to make sense of an unfamiliar culture?
Part Two: Men’s Right’s Activism as Cultural Antagonist
Social Movement over Men's RIghts
Social Movements have often been important vehicles for promoting social change: the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, early EnvironmentalismIn the modern age of protest as described above, social movement activism revolved around mass mobilization, rallies, sit-ins, as well as civil disobedience and the formation of subcultures – KKK in 20th century - in promoting “their” beliefs re social changeIn the postmodern age, online communities are added to the list above
Need help typing ? See our FAQ (opens in new window)
Please sign in to create this set. We'll bring you back here when you are done.
Discard Changes Sign in
Please sign in to add to folders.
Sign in
Don't have an account? Sign Up »
You have created 2 folders. Please upgrade to Cram Premium to create hundreds of folders!