Tag: sociology : what? why?

Religion is another social institution found in all societies. Religion grew along with human civilisation. The following are its functions: 

The neighborhood is the place or area around one's home or residence. These are families that live nearby one's family and together they make neighbours of each other. One should maintain good interaction with his neighbour and cleanliness in neighbourhood.

Socialization is the lifelong process through which individuals learn and internalize the values, norms, and roles of their society, enabling them to live in accordance with those expectations.

Human beings are social animals who acquire social behaviors, language, and cultural norms through the process of socialization within their society.

The primary stage of socialization occurs at a young age in the Family. A child is taught discipline, hygiene, and manners at an early stage. Socialization is a learning process. Family members teach norms and social behaviour to a child so that he grows up in a proper way having regard to social rules and ethics. It is the family which makes the child aware of his existence and social being.

Human beings become social being by adopting and learning socially accepted behaviour and social values. Socialisation develops human brain, body, attitude etc. It builds up a person's "Self" in a manner. The norms and rules make people member of society and they are expected to conform to that accepted standard behaviour in society.

Home is a natural habitat for a child. A child grows and develops a personality at home. The family members play an important role in early socialization of the child. Moral values like truthfulness, honesty, patriotism etc are inculcated in a child by his close ones. The child grasp lessons taught by his family members in effective ways where he/she can see the practical application of those actions.

Mother is the first teacher of a child. A child develops a close connection with his/her mother. Mother teaches child basic values and behaviour. A child learns to speak the way the mother teaches him/her. He recognizes the accepted behaviour and understands the values that his/ her mother teaches him.

School is the place where grooming of the Child is done in various ways. A child is taught academic values and other activities for overall development. Teachers motivate students to take part in extracurricular activities to show their talent or to learn some additional qualities. It makes the child confident and courageous.

Gender socialization is the process of learning behaviour and attitude based on the difference of sex or gender. It is the societal norms and expectations from different genders. Thus males and females are raised accordingly to conform with the expectations. Because male strata in society are given the most preference in every field while women are restricted to household works. As the Society is advancing, women empowerment has become a new reality where women are fighting for equal rights and preference as that of men. Now, discrimination is removed from almost all fields of work and women are getting opportunities to show their skill and challenges in new fields.