WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2 (Due TUESDAY, Mar. 3^rd, in class).

Directions:

· Please put only your WSU ID number on your assignment and not your name.

· Answer all of the questions below.

· Type, double space, font size 12, font “Times New Roman”.

· There is no page limit. But please put page numbers on your assignment.

· Provide a work cited page only if you refer to work outside the two textbooks.

· Do your own work (this is not a group assignment). Plagiarizing, including copying another student’s work, will result in a failing grade for the course (not just the assignment).

Questions:

1) Based on lecture which explanation of poverty do you believe is best? [offer a brief description of the explanations: bell curve, culture of poverty, losing ground, social isolation theory]

2) In chapter 4 of the social problems textbook, what are the types of sexual harassment and which type do you think is more of a social problem? Why?

3) In chapter 8 of the social problems textbook, A) “what determines sexual orientation?” and B) what is meant by the statement, “But keep in mind that many people do not fit into simple categories as being ‘gay’ or ‘straight’” (p.213)?

4) In your taking sides textbook, what are the two arguments in issue 5 [give examples from the text] and which one do you agree with? Why?

5) In your taking sides textbook, what is the “new” gender gap in issue 10 and do you believe it exists? [explain].

6) In your taking sides textbook, what are the two arguments in issue 6 [give examples from the text] and which one do you agree with? Why?