This document discusses several sociological topics and questions, including how poverty, legalizing drugs, interracial relationships, television usage, education status, obesity, abortion, AIDS, clothing, and gas prices impact society. Questions are raised about how these factors may affect families, relationships, health, and behaviors within society.

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2. Does the poverty in our society affect the items we buy? Why is this child suffering in our society?

3. How will legalizing drugs help or hurt our society? How does the society try to help those who are harmfully effected by drugs?

4. Why do some parts of society look at interracial relationships as differently than others? Is our society ready to accept interracial relationships? Which relationship, hetero- or homosexual?

5. How has the usage of the t.v. effected the family time in society? Has the parents in today’s society turned to the television as a babysitter?

6. Does the amount a student’s family effect the educational status of the student in our society? Why is a person’s status known in society by the things he owns and not what he does?

7. Why does society blame parents’ for the obesity of the child? Does the growth of McDonald’s effect society’s thinking of a nice dinner?

8. Why is it more acceptable in our society today to have an abortion than it was about 5 years ago? Does abortion promote pre-marital sex?

9. Why do we as a society think that we are not at risk for aids? Does seeking help for aids effect your status in society?

10. Why do the clothing we wear change our position in society? Does the change of clothes change the way we as a society act?

11. What part of society are affected by gas prices? Has the rise of gas prices changed the amount of vacation for an average family in our society?