SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Ice Cream Cone, Fruit Salad, Faith Healing
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In the united states people tend not to eat jell-o with their fingers; they use a spoon. Most people will lick an ice cream cone but not a bowl of ice cream (even when the bowl is made of edible material). Tomatoes are served in a green (vegetable) salad but not in a fruit salad even though a tomato is really a fruit. And most people eat the main course before the dessert. The next time you go to class, look around at your classmates and see how they have solved the problem of clothing themselves. You know that a woman is likely to have at least one such dress in her closet, but even if it is her favorite dress, she won"t wear it to class. The similarities in our solutions to the everyday problems of shelter, food, and clothing are more than coincidental.
