SOC 5 Lecture Notes - Bourgeoisie, Human Body, Symbolic Interactionism
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An alleged situation: someone has to say that this (whatever it is) is happening, it"s true. Someone must claim that a condition of pattern of behavior is occurring. Groups (sometimes group that form around claiming that a social problem exists) Ex: green party for environmentalism, know-nothing party saw immigration as a problem. Sometimes there is a bit of subjectivity to it. What matters is that people are making these allegations and that people believe them. When its incompatible w/ people"s values, that"s when it starts to matter. Values shared judgments about right and wrong, good and bad, desirable and undesirable. Always will be some disagreement, never a single consensus. No real answer to that question; it"s ambiguous, but it"s a lot of people. Vulnerable populations (ex: children w/ violence, video games, nudity in media, etc. ) Powerful individuals (if they are offended, they are able to make it a problem because of their status)
