Discourse on Inequality

one issue that Secretary Hillary Clinton and Mr. Donald J. Trump agree on: income inequality is a titanic issue in the United States of America. Despite agreeing on the problem, Clinton and Trump provide several different solutions that are as opposite as white and black. In a state of indecision, we must look towards eastern philosophy in order…

Rousseau’s Discourse on The Origin and The Foundations of Inequality Among Men discuss why inequality is social through the comparison of natural men and civilized men. Rousseau believes that the division of labor is due to amour propre, or self-love, that is specific to civilized men. By tracing the differences between natural men and civilized men, Rousseau is able to showcase the effects of division of labor. Division of labor requires human dependency, differentiation and specialization, and…

According to Chaudron and Richards (1986), discourse markers “occur as lexical equivalents or complements of more elusive gestural or intonational cues that subtly guide and modulate the participants’ understanding” (p. 1). According to Winston (2016), discourse markers often occur “at the opening and/or closing of topics, or subtopics” and they “indicate [that] a shift or change is about to occur” (p. 2). Transitions are one example of discourse markers that inform the audience that the…

University of Michigan, a discourse community shares six characteristics that help ensure longevity of the group. The University of Memphis Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) is an example of a discourse community; by using the six characteristics provided by John Swales, I intend to prove this point. One of the traits of a discourse community is a common goal Swales says, “A discourse community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals” (220). The common goals for this discourse community…

Discourse Analysis A discourse analysis is the term used for a number of approaches to analyze written, vocal, or sign language use. For this paper I decided to analyze a conversation that was between my sister, Sarah, and her boyfriend, Evan. I made this decision because I thought it would be interesting to hear how they would talk about things, work out problems, or just chat. They are recently new parents to my two month old niece, Mariah. I think age, gender, race, sexual orientation,…

Option 2 There are different ways through which questions of language and power can be looked at. First, the concepts of language and power can be looked at through analysis of the power play within institutional contexts such as the legal institution (Eades 2006) and the medical institution (Crawford 1999). Language can also be discussed in the context of gender and sexuality. Cameron (2005) points out that when looking at socialization, gender linguistic behavior and gender identities are…

Inequalities Within the Glass Ceiling Inequality is a famous topic all over the world. Inequalities can be picked out of most situations. Inequality is often seen in gender roles. Through the eyes of a feminist, it is seen that women are often treated unfairly compared to men. Some examples being voting, which women couldn’t partake in until 1920. Another example is holding a job, which women couldn’t do until World War II when employers were losing male workers to the war. Women were treated as…

. Being a student from an inner-city public school, I was always taught that you have to be twice as good as suburban students because of the statistics society already puts on your abilities. The inequalities of public education is another way to keep inner-city students “down”. They are held behind because they don’t receive an equal education, which creates future disparities. Society places statistics on inner-city children and the unfair public…

“different paths,” but it does not address the notion of “equal pace” and overall gender equality. Throughout history, starting from the time when Tocqueville visited through today’s modern America, duties and expectations stayed fairly separate. Inequality among men and women was seen most through matters such as voting, education and salary. Women’s suffrage efforts began about a decade after Tocqueville visited America, but even so, women did not obtain the right to vote until 1920. It is…

Equality In The Workforce: Are Women Really Succeeding? Women have always been in the background of men, starting from the beginning of time, in the caveman days when females were gathers instead of the hunters like the males, or they were not the ones that “bring home the bacon” as people say, there were only certain jobs for women, and certain rights that women received. This has to do with the roles that society puts on genders and how they are not equal to each other. Equality is achieved…