Symbols, Values & Norms: Crash Course Sociology #10
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Date: 2022-04-04
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O_o The moon thing is so weird. I am an English speaker, but I am still used to gendering the moon. The moon is totally feminine in my opinion. She would be not only beautiful but also moody, emotional and serene. Maria would be a decent name for the Moon. However one of the best names for her is Diana. I get into the New Age and mythology a lot. In that context the moon is considered feminine. There is even a moon goddess. The best way to remember is the women have monthly fertility cycles, just like the moon has monthly phase cycles. Men have no such cycles. So I guess sun is masculine due to process of elimination. The sun does have yearly seasonal cycles though. It is interesting that Spanish also designate the moon as feminine. I wonder if there is a connection. One of the main examples of a feminine moon is the moon goddess, Artemis, of Greek mythology. Greek is the most famous kind of mythology in American culture, so I end up being very familiar with it. There are other moon goddesses, like Artemis. There is a Greek moon goddess, named Selene. Selene is a titan, so she came before Artemis. Artemis is an Olympian, so she came later. She even came after the first Olympians. The Romans copied off of the Greeks. So they have thier own moon goddess, named Diana. The Spanish have a similar language to the Romans. So the notion of the moon being associated with a goddess spread to the moon being feminine in the language. Spanish get the feminine word for moon, la luna. I did look it up on Google translate. It works for three other words: sun, earth and sky. The sun is masculine. It refers to the Greek Olympian god Apollo. It also refers to the Greek Titan god Helios. Apollo is also Artemis's twin brother. The Spanish word for sun is masculine, so it fits. The word is el sol. The earth is feminine. She is the mother that nourishes life. When plants grow from the earth, it is like a woman giving birth to a baby. Even English has words of Mother Earth and Mother Nature. The Greeks have a primordial earth goddes, named Gaia. Later there is a similar Olympian goddess, named Demeter. She is the goddess of harvest, which is a lot like the earth. The Spenish word for earth is la tierra. It is feminine, so it fits. The sky is masculine. The sky rules and watches over the world like a king. The sky creates storms and rain. The air energizes life by giving it air to breathe. It gives water to help the plants grow. It like a man fertilizing in order to concieve a baby. Maybe energizing is also like fertilization. The sun gives a major energy source in the form of light. Maybe that is why it is masculine too. English has the word of Father Sky. The biggest religion in my culture is Christianity. Even that has a masculine God living in Heaven, which is in the sky. The Spanish word for sky is el cielo. It is masculine so it fits. The Spanish words are like the English words lunar, solar, terrestrial and celestial. So that makes the words easy to remember. The idea of the moon being masculine is strange to me. Ditto with a feminine sun. Maybe that refers to cultural ideas I am not used to. It is ironic that German is more similar to my language, but it has a stranger moon gender.
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O_o The moon thing is so weird. I am an English speaker, but I am still used to gendering the moon. The moon is totally feminine in my opinion. She would be not only beautiful but also moody, emotional and serene. Maria would be a decent name for the Moon. However one of the best names for her is Diana. I get into the New Age and mythology a lot. In that context the moon is considered feminine. There is even a moon goddess. The best way to remember is the women have monthly fertility cycles, just like the moon has monthly phase cycles. Men have no such cycles. So I guess sun is masculine due to process of elimination. The sun does have yearly seasonal cycles though. It is interesting that Spanish also designate the moon as feminine. I wonder if there is a connection. One of the main examples of a feminine moon is the moon goddess, Artemis, of Greek mythology. Greek is the most famous kind of mythology in American culture, so I end up being very familiar with it. There are other moon goddesses, like Artemis. There is a Greek moon goddess, named Selene. Selene is a titan, so she came before Artemis. Artemis is an Olympian, so she came later. She even came after the first Olympians. The Romans copied off of the Greeks. So they have thier own moon goddess, named Diana. The Spanish have a similar language to the Romans. So the notion of the moon being associated with a goddess spread to the moon being feminine in the language. Spanish get the feminine word for moon, la luna. I did look it up on Google translate. It works for three other words: sun, earth and sky. The sun is masculine. It refers to the Greek Olympian god Apollo. It also refers to the Greek Titan god Helios. Apollo is also Artemis's twin brother. The Spanish word for sun is masculine, so it fits. The word is el sol. The earth is feminine. She is the mother that nourishes life. When plants grow from the earth, it is like a woman giving birth to a baby. Even English has words of Mother Earth and Mother Nature. The Greeks have a primordial earth goddes, named Gaia. Later there is a similar Olympian goddess, named Demeter. She is the goddess of harvest, which is a lot like the earth. The Spenish word for earth is la tierra. It is feminine, so it fits. The sky is masculine. The sky rules and watches over the world like a king. The sky creates storms and rain. The air energizes life by giving it air to breathe. It gives water to help the plants grow. It like a man fertilizing in order to concieve a baby. Maybe energizing is also like fertilization. The sun gives a major energy source in the form of light. Maybe that is why it is masculine too. English has the word of Father Sky. The biggest religion in my culture is Christianity. Even that has a masculine God living in Heaven, which is in the sky. The Spanish word for sky is el cielo. It is masculine so it fits. The Spanish words are like the English words lunar, solar, terrestrial and celestial. So that makes the words easy to remember. The idea of the moon being masculine is strange to me. Ditto with a feminine sun. Maybe that refers to cultural ideas I am not used to. It is ironic that German is more similar to my language, but it has a stranger moon gender.
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Alan
If homicide is not a taboo because it's ok to kill someone in self defence, I don't see why cannibalism would be? A person may similarly argue that in a desperate situation with a lack of food, cannibalism is a logical thing to do. It is also environmentally friendly. Instead of cremating a dead person, letting all the energy and nutrients go to waste, why not make it into food? This recycles the nutrients back to the environment. Also, there will be less need to kill living animals, therefore more compassionate. By reducing the demand for meat, it reduces carbon footprint too, saves the earth and reduces global warming.
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If homicide is not a taboo because it's ok to kill someone in self defence, I don't see why cannibalism would be? A person may similarly argue that in a desperate situation with a lack of food, cannibalism is a logical thing to do. It is also environmentally friendly. Instead of cremating a dead person, letting all the energy and nutrients go to waste, why not make it into food? This recycles the nutrients back to the environment. Also, there will be less need to kill living animals, therefore more compassionate. By reducing the demand for meat, it reduces carbon footprint too, saves the earth and reduces global warming.
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Joseph
I am a behavioral sciences major which means I focused on anthropology/sociology/psychology. I had to focus on one, and loved sociology as it answered more for me than the other two. But I love how this video pieced all three together. I am currently interesed in different masters programs.
Special programs such as: Anthropology, applied and evaluation research, collective behavior and social movements, conflict resolution, Cultural, emotions, social thought, social linguistics, mass comm, qualitative metholodlogy, social control, social inequality, theory, stratification mobility
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I am a behavioral sciences major which means I focused on anthropology/sociology/psychology. I had to focus on one, and loved sociology as it answered more for me than the other two. But I love how this video pieced all three together. I am currently interesed in different masters programs.
Special programs such as: Anthropology, applied and evaluation research, collective behavior and social movements, conflict resolution, Cultural, emotions, social thought, social linguistics, mass comm, qualitative metholodlogy, social control, social inequality, theory, stratification mobility
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scamber
Can examples of symbolic interactionism today be like the gender equality movement (women and LBGT, or like the health movement on veganism (even tho veganism might be based on new technology info) or smoking ciggeretes, and lastly, could symbolic interactionism relate to how we treat others different like from another culture? Racism? Please I don-t understand. I know these are kind of macro level examples but it started by the word of mouth right?
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Can examples of symbolic interactionism today be like the gender equality movement (women and LBGT, or like the health movement on veganism (even tho veganism might be based on new technology info) or smoking ciggeretes, and lastly, could symbolic interactionism relate to how we treat others different like from another culture? Racism? Please I don-t understand. I know these are kind of macro level examples but it started by the word of mouth right?
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Mark
-We can't notice if our values and norms are good or bad unless we step back and look at them through the analytical eyes of a sociologist. - An honest sociologist would just provide you details of the effects, seperate from any value judgement thereof. A corrupt sociologist we'll subtlety impose her own value judgements onto those effects under the guise of objectivity.
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-We can't notice if our values and norms are good or bad unless we step back and look at them through the analytical eyes of a sociologist. - An honest sociologist would just provide you details of the effects, seperate from any value judgement thereof. A corrupt sociologist we'll subtlety impose her own value judgements onto those effects under the guise of objectivity.
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Oblivion
what about cannibalism in a situation of absolute survival. Like the Donner Party or being stranded at sea and someone dies on your boat. Idk if I would consider cannibalism a taboo. If I'm being honest.
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what about cannibalism in a situation of absolute survival. Like the Donner Party or being stranded at sea and someone dies on your boat. Idk if I would consider cannibalism a taboo. If I'm being honest.
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Grim
As a person who studies and creates languages as a hobby, this video was extremely helpful for me especially considering that I'm relatively new to the topic at hand. Thank you.
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As a person who studies and creates languages as a hobby, this video was extremely helpful for me especially considering that I'm relatively new to the topic at hand. Thank you.
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James
Topfreedom actually has gained significant ground in the US. It's certainly not common but it's legal in way more places than I would have expected.
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Topfreedom actually has gained significant ground in the US. It's certainly not common but it's legal in way more places than I would have expected.
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Soutrik
Her beauty is distracting. Really. I am only opening my eyes when the portion of thought bubbles come up. Do I invite a negative sanction here?
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Her beauty is distracting. Really. I am only opening my eyes when the portion of thought bubbles come up. Do I invite a negative sanction here?
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Beatriz
The presentation of this video is explained way too fast. I loved the material but she speaks way too fast for the information to soak in.
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The presentation of this video is explained way too fast. I loved the material but she speaks way too fast for the information to soak in.
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