The definition of a society is "the community of people living together in a particular country or region and sharing customs, traditions and laws." Society is made up of people, groups, organizations and systems which often have local, national and global patterns of relationship. The definition of a culture is "the knowledge, ways of thinking, feeling and behaving that give each society its unity and distinctive way of life". Culture is demonstrated by the values, customs, laws, technology and beliefs people generate or have generated and use as they interpret meaning from their world.
Throughout almost all of western society, gender roles (the way in which men and women are expected to behave and conduct themselves) having typically played …show more content…
They are members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination who are especially known for the separation they continue to maintain from society, their rejection of almost all modern technology and extremely conservative dress. As of August [insert year], there are around 251 000 Amish people. The Amish believe god must be obeyed at all times and that compliance with their religion and belief in god requires them to maintain a life of humility and simplicity. Religion, for the Amish, is the main support in their isolation . The Amish are governed by the "Ordnung", ( the German word for order) which is a set of rules that lays out a path for the members to maintain separation from the western world. Each separate community sets out its own Ordnung and therefore the rules often vary, though the core religious values remain the …show more content…
Australia was colonised by the British in 1788 and therefore has strong elements of British culture. Since then, however, we have evolved to become a culturally diverse country. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), today migrants from over two hundred countries call Australia home. According the latest census data, the "average" Australian is a thirty-seven year old, Australian born, white, woman, married with a son and daughter aged nine and six She also earns on average $881.30 a week at her job in sales. She lives in a free standing house with 3 bedrooms, with two-hundred thousand dollars left to pay on her mortgage. As such, gender roles in Australia are extremely different to those of the Amish. Furthermore, Australian gender roles over the years have slowly merged as one, with it now being common for men to take on roles that only a woman would do in an Amish community (an example of this would be men performing tasks such as childcare or nursing). This has become the social norm for Australia
Throughout almost all of western society, gender roles (the way in which men and women are expected to behave and conduct themselves) having typically played …show more content…
They are members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination who are especially known for the separation they continue to maintain from society, their rejection of almost all modern technology and extremely conservative dress. As of August [insert year], there are around 251 000 Amish people. The Amish believe god must be obeyed at all times and that compliance with their religion and belief in god requires them to maintain a life of humility and simplicity. Religion, for the Amish, is the main support in their isolation . The Amish are governed by the "Ordnung", ( the German word for order) which is a set of rules that lays out a path for the members to maintain separation from the western world. Each separate community sets out its own Ordnung and therefore the rules often vary, though the core religious values remain the …show more content…
Australia was colonised by the British in 1788 and therefore has strong elements of British culture. Since then, however, we have evolved to become a culturally diverse country. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), today migrants from over two hundred countries call Australia home. According the latest census data, the "average" Australian is a thirty-seven year old, Australian born, white, woman, married with a son and daughter aged nine and six She also earns on average $881.30 a week at her job in sales. She lives in a free standing house with 3 bedrooms, with two-hundred thousand dollars left to pay on her mortgage. As such, gender roles in Australia are extremely different to those of the Amish. Furthermore, Australian gender roles over the years have slowly merged as one, with it now being common for men to take on roles that only a woman would do in an Amish community (an example of this would be men performing tasks such as childcare or nursing). This has become the social norm for Australia