SOC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Syphilis
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Tied to socialization and culture (ch 4 & 5) Social control is essential for social order; all groups have mechanisms to ensure conformity. Modes of control vary: small homogenous societies, consensus on social values, informal controls suf cient. In a complex society: groups with different, competing values, social control is more formal. Ideological social control: attempt to manipulate consciousness of citizens so they accept the ruling ideology and refuse to be moved by competing ideologies. Agents of isc: family, education, religion, media, government: control our ways of thinking and feeling, control of what we know and don"t know, individuals impose controls upon themselves(most effective) Direct social control: attempt to punish/neutralize (render powerless) organizations or individuals who deviate from society"s norms. Agents of dsc: welfare, science and medicine, government: control of physical behavior. 1. forced sterilization of women (poor, colored, mental: tuskeegee syphilis studies. Recently : drugs -> to control children, folks in mental institutions, elderly nursing home patients.
