UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE, SOCIETY,
AND POLITICS
Ferd Francis P. Alamag
HOW ARE THEY
DIFFERENT
FROM ONE ANOTHER?
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HOW ARE THEY
DIFFERENT
FROM ONE ANOTHER?
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HOW ARE THEY
DIFFERENT
FROM ONE ANOTHER?
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INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:
Getting to know yourself
Get 1/4 size of paper and answer the following
information:
Name:
Gender:
Factors that contribute to your socio-economic status:
In-born talents/gifts:
Religious Affiliation:
Nationality:
Ethnic Group:
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GROUP ACTIVITY
Go to your proper groupings and form a
circle. Pass the 1/4 size paper clockwise
to your group members only when you
hear the signal. You only have 10
seconds to read each paper from your
members. Stop once your own paper
went back to you.
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ANALYSIS
1. What makes a person unique from the
other base on the data you have
gathered?
2. How these factors help shaped one's
identity?
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ANALYSIS
3. Among those information you have
written, which one does influence you
the most and why?
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HUMAN CULTURAL
VARIATION
and
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
HUMAN CULTURAL
VARIATION
RELIGION
ETHNICITY
NATIONALITY
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HUMAN CULTURAL
VARIATION
- it refers to the differences in social
behaviors that different cultures exhibit
around the world.
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ARGUMENT
What may be considered good
etiquette in one culture may be
considered bad etiquette for another.
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1. RELIGION
- “religare” a latin word
which means “to bind
together”.
- is a system of beliefs and practices as
well as systems of actions directed
toward entities which are above men.
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2. ETHNICITY
- it is the expression of the
set of cultural ideas held
by a distinct indigenous
group.
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3. NATIONALITY
- it is the legal relationship that binds a
person and a country.
- it allows the state to protect and have
jurisdiction over a person.
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SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
1. GENDER
- according to WHO, “gender refers to
the socially constructed roles, behaviors,
activities, and attributes that a given
society considers appropriate for men
and women”.
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SEXUAL PREFERENCE
1. HETEROSEXUAL
- sexually attracted to a person of the
opposite sex.
2. HOMOSEXUAL
- of the same sex. Ex: Gay/Lesbian
3. BISEXUAL
- attracted to both sexes.
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SEXUAL PREFERENCE
4. ASEXUAL
- incapable of being attracted to any
sex.
5. PANSEXUAL/POLYSEXUAL
- attracted to multiple types of gender
identity.
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GENDER IDENTITY
1. TRANSGENDER
- Sexual orientation is not related to their
genetalia.
2. TRANSSEXUAL
- Discord between their internal gender
and their genetalia.
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2. SOCIO-ECONOMIC
STATUS
- refers to the category of
persons who have more
or less the same socio-
economic privileges.
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3. EXCEPTIONALITY
- it refers to the state of
being intellectually gifted and/or
having physically or mentally
challenged conditions.
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SOCIAL CHANGE
AND
POLITICAL IDENTITY