Lesson 1

Sociological Constructs And Theories

An interesting picture taken at Barnes and Nobles, which portrays the famous author Mark Twain. Mark Twain once stated, "I would like to see the ballot in the hand of every woman." The sociological term feminism applies to this idea, and suffrage was one of the main aspects that feminists fought for in the second wave of feminism.

Symbolic Interactionism: Concept of gender is socially constructed, maintained, and reproduced in our every day lives. Shown in this image, aisles at a department store categorized which this concept in mind. 

The same concept of symbolic interactionism applies here to certain items categorized for the use of each gender. 

A picture I pulled out from an old album. This was taken in Yerevan, Armenia in the summer of 2011 and portrays a woman fighting for a cause. Her shirt reads: "I am a feminist." This shows the strength of the movement within other cultures, and in other countries, among many women. 

The infamous World War Two poster portraying a woman and another sociological concept of feminism. Referring to the strength and capability of women to succeed within all fields, even masculine ones. An image seen everywhere and a picture I took of one hanging in the classroom of my high school history teacher (who is in fact, a feminist).