Human Diversity

9/8/98


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Table of Contents

Human Diversity

Types of Culture

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Cultural Values

Social Norms

Mores

Folkways

Language

Interaction of individuals and different cultures

Assimilation

Biculturalism

The U.S. Mainstream Culture

African American Culture and Core Values

Native American Cultures/Core Values

Latino Culture/Core Values

Other Values

Mexican-Americans

Mainland Puerto Ricans

Cubans

Asian-Americans

Asian-American Culture/Core Values

Confucianism

Buddhism

Shintoism

Taoism

Behaviors

Institutional Discrimination Against Asians

Human Diversity

Gender

Gender role stereotypes

Gender role stereotypes through life

infancy

childhood

adolescence

young adulthood

later adulthood

male/female differences

personality

ability level

communications styles

Significant issues and events in the life of women

Comparable worth: economic inequality

Sexual Harassment

Definition

Statistics

Variables that appear to impact sexual harassment

Effects

Confronting sexual harassment

Rape and sexual assault

Myths about rape

Rape trauma syndrome

Counseling rape victims

Battering

Statistics on battering

A profile of the victim

A profile of the batterer

The Battering Cycle (Lenore Walker)

Why do women stay?

Counseling battered women

Special needs for women

Sexual Orientation

Homosexuality and bisexuality

Conceptualizations of homosexuality and heterosexuality

Storm's two dimensional conceptualization of homoeroticism and heteroeroticism and sexual interest in general

Theories

Biological theories

Psychosocial

Interactionist theory

Homophobia

Significant issues and life events

Legal issues

More legal issues

Coming out

Lesbian and gay parents

Aging

AIDS

Working with gay and lesbian people

Race and Ethnicity

Ethnocentrism and racism

Prejudice, discrimination and oppression

Discrimination in macro systems

The effects and costs of discrimination and oppression

Strategies to combat discrimination and oppression

More strategies

Social work practice with racial and ethnic groups

Author: Rose Bogal-Allbritten

Email: rose.bogal@murraystate.edu

Home Page: http://www.murraystate.edu/qacd/chs/socwork/socwork.htm

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