understanding culture society and politics lesson 1

10. What may be considered
good etiquette in one culture
may be considered bad
etiquette in another.
(globalsociology.pbworks.com
).

17. ETHNOCENTRISM
the tendency to view
one’s own group as
superior

22. LGBTQI (LESBIAN,
GAY, BISEXUAL,
TRANSGENDER,
QUEER/QUESTIONING
, INTERSEX)

23. LESBIAN - A WOMAN WHO IS EMOTIONALLY,
ROMANTICALLY, OR SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO
OTHER WOMEN. • GAY - MEN ATTRACTED
EMOTIONALLY, ROMANTICALLY, AND/OR SEXUALLY
TO MEN. • BISEXUAL - A PERSON WHO IS
ATTRACTED TO TWO SEXES OR TWO GENDERS, BUT
NOT NECESSARILY SIMULTANEOUSLY OR EQUALLY.

24. TRANSGENDER - TRANSGENDER (SOMETIMES
SHORTENED TO TRANS OR TG) PEOPLE ARE
THOSE WHOSE PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF
("GENDER IDENTITY") DIFFERS FROM THE
SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PHYSICAL
SEX THEY WERE BORN WITH. •
QUEER/QUESTIONING - A PERSON WHO IS
ATTRACTED TO MULTIPLE GENDERS
• INTERSEX - INTERSEXUALITY IS A SET OF
MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT FEATURE
CONGENITAL ANOMALY OF THE
REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL SYSTEM.

29. SITUATION #1
You have a new classmate which came from a
nearby town, he was always bullied because of
the color of his skin and the way he talk. What will
you do to help your new classmate?
Situation #2
You are given a chance to become an exchange
students in India, when you arrived in the country,
you are totally shocked by their culture. Would you
still continue studying or go back home? Why?

30. DETERMINE IF THE SITUATION IS CULTURAL
VARIATION OR SOCIAL DIFFERENCE
1. The chinese people practice
footbinding as a form of
beautification.
2. People in Manila love to go to disco
during weekends.
3. Every Holy Week, the Roman
Catholic practice “pabasa and
SENAKULO
4. The people in the rural area lives a

31. ASSIGNMENT
RESEARCH ABOUT
THE ORIGINS AND
DYNAMICS OF
CULTURE AND
SOCIETY

32. “THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
IN LIFE IS TO BE
YOURSELF IN A WORLD
THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE
YOU EVERYONE ELSE”