Sociology Blog # 2

Alexander Clawson

                                                      Social Control

Social control is a way to cause people to think with in a range that is the current form of society deems acceptable for new individuals growing up and that will one day become part of society. The government, schools, and everyday norms like TV and businesses are used in this design. The head is government it has the greatest changes and therefore flaws the society holds dear. Our elected leader is one of the heads the others are a group of judges elected to justify or destroy laws. The next is regional and state lawmakers that try to make laws to help society. As all these leaders are chosen from society they seek to enhance their beliefs that they learned from the society they grow up in and learn from as it changed over time. Schools are the next biggest factor. Schools both private and public are affected by government through funding and restrictions created. It was not long ago when teachers were not allowed to teach evolution due to the parents wanting to keep their children from what the parents thought was evil and blasphemes. This has changed due to science growing and religion becoming more tolerant about this subject. Now society has found a new way to control us through television. Parents let child watch TV all the time, within limits for most families. Within this time they will watch shows like sponge bob square pants, friends, shark week, etc. These are a very few examples of what can be seen. These shows are based on what can they sell you, stories, moral, facts, etc. Society helps shape what is selling and the shows go with it. Society also tells what is age appropriate such for youth, sponge bob, and for adults , friends, and sometimes a few that can all watch like shark week. Businesses are examples of deviance which our society looks up to in cases of injustice and down upon hurtful doings. Make up which many woman use to look more attractive are often test animals. Women tend to like animals and make up, however want both but hate how animals are treated by these companies so they demand they stop animal testing. These companies then are maybe force to use people which raises cost in products. This raise then makes the women less happy. Just an example of how society has both cause a problem and fixed but at a cost as companies must make money and society tries to right injustice. I feel that our school systems are too relaxed and although they allow for great creativity lack increase in knowledge that would benefit our society better. When I was 8 years old I thought of a heat to electricity conversion machine but I lacked the resources to complete a knowledge approach to making a prototype  or the gas used for the transfer ( my father told me of Freon which is used in AC, my first pick was oxygen). This is my personal example how lack of general kept me from doing something which told have help society because they want to keep child being child. This is slightly backfiring due to some individuals never growing up.