Status Quo

Liberalism, Conservatism, and Ideological Challenges to the Status Quo were topics covered in Chapter 4. Although high school I have heard of the term Liberalism, but I never understood what the term really meant. I learned that Liberalism is “an ideology that regards the individual as a rational being capable of overcoming obstacles to a better world.” Also, it “supports changes in the political and economic status quo.” John Locke an English philosopher is known for this form of American…

pro quo sexual harassment? Quid pro quo sexual harassment takes place when a supervisor or someone with authority over your job demands sexual favors from you in exchange for a promotion, raise or some other benefit, including keeping your job. The demand for sexual favors can be explicit, e.g. "If you have sex with me, I will promote you," or it can be implied from unwelcome physical contact such as touching or fondling. What must I prove to prevail in a cause of action for quid pro quo…

An alarming amount of women are victims of sexual harassment in the workplace - especially when they are the minority. There are two types of sexual harassment within the workplace; Quid pro quo harassment and hostile environment sexual harassment. Quid pro quo harassment involves sexual threats or bribery linked to getting a job, keeping a job or receiving a promotion or training opportunity. Hostile environment sexual harassment includes sexual jokes, comments, and touching…

I do agree with the verdict that Preito’s hugs could create a sexually hostile work environment. But what was not clear to me was if or not this case achieves the legal standards for a hostile work environment. So that sexual harassment or a hostile work standard to be met, two things are expected to take place (1) the individual needs to be offended by the action/environment (2) a reasonable individual would as well required to be offended by the action/environment. The former is rather easy…

structures pushes people around and maintains the status quo. Loewen laments about the number of middle class families having dropped steadily since 1967, not rising but lowering in social class. That there is no upward mobility in regards to social ranking without extremist measures being taken. Loewen also discusses that social class directly correlates to the type of medical care or general fitness the person may have due to their social status. For example the poor usually live shorter…

industry is described by Adorno and Horkheimer (1977) as the standardisation of culture and cultural goods, attained through the manipulation of consumers, pseudo-individualism and commercial marketing in order to accomplish an economic and social status. Within Adorno and Horkheimer’s theory, there are three major concepts that have increased the development of the cultural industry and the behaviour of consumers, this involves discussing the transformation of use value to exchange value,…

Even as a self styled history nerd, I admittedly knew little of the history of India as a whole and literally nothing of Jawaharlal Nehru, that was something I instantly regretted after reading the text book primary source, especially since outside sources are nonexistent. However, sometimes I feel that paralysis by information is a real phenomenon, something I have learned the hard way dabbling into my chosen field of sports prognostication. My point being that taking his words at face value…

Biermann is only concerned that her daughters will find husbands who have high social status which includes husband at the time a steady job, connections with various people, and respected by the community. The fortune or financial inheritance is not a large concern for the people of 1950’s New York society. Also, Mrs. Biermann’s urgency…

information” (Knoblauch, 1990, pg. 3). In further critically analyzing this view of literacy, he notes that functionalism is great for tying learned skills to everyday life, but that it has a “more hidden advantage as well…: it safeguards the socioeconomic status quo” (Knoblauch, 1990, pg. 3). This has already been proven through Jean Anyon’s study and the story of Mike Rose, but Knoblauch is quick to emphasize the fact that this way of thinking benefits the socioeconomically wealthy and that…

Independent expenditures may convolute the true messages of candidates either purposely or not. For instance, the illusory truth effect finds that individual’s rate repeated statements as probably truer than a new statement (Begg, Anas & Farinacci, 1992). In other words, repeated statements are more likely to be believed than statements that are new to an individual. The implications of the illusory truth effect in politics are that those who have more money to advertise their views will likely…