Sociology: Family and marriage in India. NEWS IN SHORT: 21-year-old woman in Rajasthan died by suicide and pinned the blame
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Sexuality and Gender in Sports: Sociological perspective
Relevance: Stratification and Mobility: Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race. Sport is often perceived
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Stratification and mobility: Gender NEWS IN SHORT Several transgenders said they had not been vaccinated previously because of
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Sociology: Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage. Types and forms of family. Lineage and descent. Patriarchy and sexual division oflabour.
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Relevance: Sociology: Fact value and objectivity. Social norms grow out of social value and both serve to differentiate human social
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Relevance: Sociology: Paper II: Racism Indian advertisements and celebrities, being few of the most influential stakeholders that define beauty for
Continue readingCountries that allow gender self-identification, and the law in India
Countries that allow gender self-identification, and the law in India Syllabus Topic Sociology: paper i: stratification and mobility: Gender G.S
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🩸Syllabus Topic Sociology: paper i: Types and forms of family The government document has said that the legislation that regulates
Continue readingDalit Consciousness
The whole concept of consciousness has a philosophical implication advocating that consciousness is largely collective and Durkheim’s sociology advocates that
Continue readingPopulation populism: UP draft population bill will impact the vulnerable, especially women
Population populism: UP draft population bill will impact the vulnerable, especially women Relevance: GS: Paper lI: Sociology: population dynamicsc The
Continue readingMerton’s Strain Theory of Deviance
Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Sociological thinkers: R.K Merton: Deviance Introduction Argues that crime is a result of people being socialised
Continue readingFormal and informal organization of work: Formal Structure
Relevance: Sociology: Works and Economic Life: Formal and informal organization of work. Formal structure of an organization or group includes
Continue readingReservation for upper-caste poor: Sociological perspective
Relevance: Sociology: Stratification and Mobility: Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation Context Sociologist Dipankar Gupta discusses the dynamics of political
Continue readingThe Tokyo Olympics will be the games of all mothers
RELEVANCE: sociology: Gender:inequality Women empowerment Now that pregnancy no longer marks the end of an athlete’s career, many elite athletes
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Sociology: Women’s Health Women make up the majority of workers in the health and social welfare sectors globally Unequal distribution
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