A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Societies have changed from traditional to modern over a period of time due to the efforts made by the people for betterment of societies. Traditional and modern societies are two different ideas. Traditional societies are the way communities are ruled by the predominant norms and practices. Whereas, modern societies refer to the present world we are living. Major changes in traditional society were political, economical, and social, which led to revolutionize society, to become a modern society. However, this essay will compare and contrast the traditional and modern society. The main purpose of this paper is to focus on family …show more content…
Modern societies have forgotten the norms of traditional societies and have start living their life to the fullest. As Bell writes in his article that people know how to spend money and enjoy the lives but they are rarely worried about how to put efforts and achieve something (70). Furthermore, Bell writes that this sense of spending was made easier by the installment payments, which would allow people to buy things on credit (69). Nevertheless, the families in traditional society were more concerned about the norms in the society. According to the Campbell the father could not buy or sell anything without considering the idea with his family; the families were very planned spending too much was not an option as they had to support education, expenses, medical treatment and daughter dowries from the common stock (188). Family from the traditional society was way much more concerned about the future then present, they never enjoyed their lives as individual in modern society do. Over spending was not a option for as it would also impact their …show more content…
It was important for women to have sexual shame and have no sexual relationship outside her marriage; in addition, even after marriage her thoughts and expression must be of virginal. Moreover, they must walk, talk, dance, get dress, and have attitude in certain ways to prevent their sexuality (Campbell, ). Women never had freedom or freedom of expression in traditional society, before marriage they had to keep their selves virgin to prevent the honor of her family and after marriage for their husband’s family and herself otherwise they would have been abandoned from the society. However, This is not the case in modern society as modern society is all about freedom of oneself anything people do would not affect their honor. According to the Bell (), the society has been revolutionized by the mass consumption and motion picture. Girls wore bobbed and short skirts; they modeled themselves after the movie stars, repeated movie jokes and gesture etc. Modern society has also broken the old taboos of sexual relationship, Bell has confirmed that by stating that in his article that, ”The closed car became the cabinet particulier of middle class, the place where adventurous young people shed their sexual inhibitions and broke the old
The values and rules of traditional community add great pressure on an individual 's shoulder while choosing their identity. While women 's have relatively more freedom then before but however values of traditional communities creates an invisible fence between their choices. It put the young women in a disconcerting situation about their sexual freedom. Bell demonstrates the how the contradiction messages are delivered to the young woman 's, she writes that “Their peers, television shows such as Sex and the City, and movies seem to encourage sexual experimentation... But at the same time, books, such as Unhooked and A Return to Modesty advise them to return to courtship practices from the early 1900s”(27).
In a life where its value is derived from the price tag attached to personal possessions, it can be easy to throw caution to the wind when it comes to being responsible with money and property. The Izikothane way of life adopts this outlook on life whole-heartedly, which is completely contradictory of the practical lifestyle set forth by Ben Franklin in “The Way to Wealth.” Their ability to spend money at the drop of a hat is nothing like the frugal, save-happy practices that Franklin supports in his work. According to his words, money comes to people that are careful with it, and the Izikothane are anything but (238). The lifestyle revolves around the expenditure of money on things that are not necessities in life; they are luxuries that, if need be, people can live without.
A family is a group of people consisting of the parents and their children who live together and they are blood related. The family is always perceived as the basic social units whether they are living together in the same compound or at far distance but are closely related especially by blood. Therefore, the family unit has had a great influence on the growth and the character traits possessed by the children as they grow up and how they perceive the society they live in. the family also shapes the children to be able to relate well with other people that are not part of their family and with a good relationship it impacts to the peace achieved in country. This paper addresses the reasons as to why the family is considered the most important agent of socialization. It’s evident that families have changed over time and they have adopted different ways of living. This paper also tackles on the causes of the dramatic changes to the American family and what the changes are. Different people with different race, gender and preferences make the family unit and this makes the difference in marriages. This will also be discussed in this paper.
China has been undergoing number of social and economic changes throughout its communist history. There is no doubt that these socio-economic changes have influenced the society both positively and negatively. The most two significant changes of all would be the Cultural Revolution which took place during 1960s and the economic transition to the market economy, which has been in effect since 1980s. In this research paper I will focus on the impacts of the ongoing socio-economic changes on what is called a “traditional” family in China. To be more specific, I will try to analyze how the divorce has become one of the “new values” of a “modern” Chinese family.
“Proper society did not think about making money, only about spending it,” said Barbara W. Tuchman. This quote shows our real world, and the people that spend money, but they forget about the value of money. Nowadays people want more than they have. They forget how many things they have and how much money they spend. Most people when they see people having something better, they think that they need it also. Also, people forget how hard they get that money, but how easily and quickly they spend it. In the article “The Treadmill of Consumption” by Roberts, he says that people are willing to go into debt to buy certain products and brands. That is right that people can do crazy things to buy certain goods. Sometimes people
Family structure and stability have constantly evolved and been researched in aspects of sociology. Following World War II, the family ideology in the 1950’s was brought to the attention of Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales (1955) whom demonstrated how transitioning from an agricultural society to that of an industrialization one played an important role in altering family life and structure. Parsons and Bales further expressed how gender role specialization was vital in the continuous of family solidarity. The “instrumental” male father role as the leader of the family responsible for providing the income and support as the “expressive” role which is that of the female mother delivers her contribution to the family through house work and nurture
Family on the other hand is the everyday living environment within which spirituality and historicity are applied and lived out. ‘Family’ in the Armenian community refers to more than the family of origin or the nuclear family. Instead, it includes both of these along with all of the extended family and even the small surrounding community. These family ties are much more important and influential in the decision making process than would initially appear, therefore, they must be acknowledged and understood. All Armenians may not uphold the same spirituality, historicity, and family values, however, they would still approach life’s decisions based on these cultural categories.
Throughout history we have seen that family values have been one of the most important aspects of societies around the world. Although these values may be different from one another, we can see that it is a ma...
Family structure is a vital aspect in any person’s life, the values and norms reinforced in a person by his or her family at the right stage of life
"A family is a small social group of people related by ancestry or affection, who share common values and goals, who may live together in the same dwelling, and who may participate in the bearing and raising of children. They have a physical or emotional connection with each other that is ongoing" (Vissing, 2011) and is the foundation of all societies. They can be formed by a grouping of father-mother-children or even more complicated combination of relatives. In the primary stage of family life in the United States, everyone from every generation lived together in one house. Subsequently, the idea of traditional family evolved and a married couple with children is at present, often called the traditional family. There are many types of families; however, this paper will focus on the traditional family. It will describe how the functionalist perspective, conflict perspective, and the interactionism theory apply to the sociological institution known as a family. It will explain some of the similarities and differences between the sociological theories in regards to families and how they affect the family members.
This paper will examine sociological theories and how they relate to the social institution of the family. We typically view society as a group of people, but in sociology, society is not a group of people but a social organization. People are molded by society to fit within the accepted societal bounds. Society must be understood using “the meanings that people put on their values and beliefs” (Bartle, 2010). Within sociology there are three major perspectives. These are the Functionalist, Conflict and Interactionist Perspectives. Each perspective views society in different manners, with each being correct and relevant since social institutions are too complex to be defined by any one theory. Each perspective will be used to explain the perspectives’ relevance to the family.
It has been thought that since the 1960’s rape has increased in society, and it is largely blamed on the sexual revolution of the 1960’s. People think that the freedom given to women during the sexual revolution, the freedom to let them wear and behave as they so see fit, is a large factor on the supposed increase in rape. This is a misconception and according to, it has been shown that nonconsensual activities have decreased over times in areas that have achieved a sexual revolution. The reason that it is thought that rape has increased is because that now more women are choo...
In today's world, the modern person is educated, independent and aggressive. To be a success, you must put forth your most competitive side and win it all. Nothing less will be permitted. This is the mindset of most business tycoons, stockbrokers and the like. However, on the other side of the globe, third world countries follow a more traditional lifestyle where the outlook on life is a little less malicious. In these countries, the society's idea of success is being part of a large family with prosperous crops and livestock. How is it that our society and theirs have both been successful? And why has the traditional way of life stayed so prevalent in such an industrialized world?
In a culture where the propagation of family familial heredity and the family as a social organization are focal, marriage is a critical establishment
Family by its nature is a social unit wherein children grow up and it acts like the socialization agent. Children receive their earliest and most consistent socialization here in the family. In a family it is very important as to how parents cater the needs of their children and how children take care of them in return. Parents as well as the child are very important part of the developmental process, as it is the parents who will shape the children as what they will become. The parent child relationship influences each other and together they shape the relationship they engage in it. Family is a social unit where in all the members living together is related to one another. Family is regarded