How do communities determine who belongs and who doesn’t belong? How do society’s rules—written and unwritten—differ depending on your family, race, gender, or class? How do those rules become accepted by many people as normal? What are the consequences of challenging the rules that determine who belongs and who does not?

Why are people more likely to marry individuals with social and cultural backgrounds very similar to their own? a. parents and other family members always exert pressure to marry within the group. b. people spend a great deal of time alone, and therefore can have few opportunities for meeting people. c. people develop irrational fears of out-group members and are scared to date them. d. people have greater access to individuals like themselves.

Today natural rights are referred to as human rights. discuss how respect for human rights can further be improved.

How does sociology account for the cause of drug and alcohol addiction?