Easy watch video answer question asignment
1st paper after viewing 6 minute video answer question in a paragraph no words count
Daddy and Papa (6:38) (Tab 3)
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/soc/you-may-ask-yourself2/ch/08/dvd.aspx
A San Francisco couple faces the challenges of being both gay and multiracial parents of an African American boy.
- What challenges do gay men in particular face in becoming parents?
- Given that many children in the foster system never find permanent homes, why do you think some states still do not allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt them?
- What fears do people have about gay men raising kids? How accurate are these fears?
- Which do you think might pose the more difficult challenge: being a same-sex couple raising a child or raising a child of another race?
- Why do you think African-American children have a harder time getting adopted in general?
Freeheld (5:22)
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/soc/you-may-ask-yourself2/ch/08/dvd.aspx
Police lieutenant Laurel Hester, dying of lung cancer in Ocean City, New Jersey, fights to leave her pension to her domestic partner.
- What benefits do married couples receive from the federal, state, and local governments that same-sex couples do not?
- Do you believe that withholding benefits violates the Fourteenth Amendment, which ensures equal protection under the law? Why or why not?
- What are the political costs of providing benefits for same-sex couples? of not providing benefits?
- Can you think of a solution that might satisfy both sides of this debate?
2nd paper” write your opinion. no text limit, not too short tho
Age and Aging, Due: (Online Text, type in the submission box)
What challenges do gay men in particular face in becoming parents? Given that many children in the foster system never find permanent homes, why do you think some states still do not allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt them? What fears do people have about gay men raising kids? How accurate are these fears? Which do you think might pose the more difficult challenge: being a same-sex couple raising a child or raising a child of another race? Why do you think African-American children have a harder time getting adopted in general? The elderly in many Western nations are marginalized and stigmatized as slow, incompetent, and unable to give back to others and society because of their limitations. Many of the inhabitants of these nations look down on the elderly and exalt youth and being young. The elderly in many Eastern nations look up to the elderly and look to them for guidance and wisdom. Discuss the social, historical, and cultural foundations along with the ramifications of both approaches.
