SOCIAL ISSUES

     A social issues is an unwanted situation that occurs in a society affecting a significant number of people and the community . The cause of social issues is by factors that are beyond society's control thereby creating confusion of what is right and wrong , and people believe they should be corrected . Social issues comprise of sexually transmitted diseases , antisocial behavior , poverty , crime , murder , drug abuse , sexual as assault , alcoholism , bullying , rape , climate change , child labour among others.

     Social issues arise due to various factors. Sociologists argue that the nature of society through its structure and culture facilitate and environment that promotes thriving of these problems. Firstly is social change . The alteration of society's values, a way of life customs and traditions and laws due to globalization and need to adopt a new ways Of life give rise to social problems . Social change elicits this by disturbing the organization of a society thereby creating confusion , rebellion and resistance . These results in social problems such as hate crimes,murder,discrimination , child abuse , bullying and drug abuse . For example, the move by United States to recognize and legalize gay marriage brought a new era to people's rights. However , not all celebrated the move . Some extremists and hate groups have carried out hate crimes , bullying and murders against the LGBT community to display their displeasure .

     Secondly , the contradiction of social systems whereby a society relies on , favors certain social groups , for instance , the employed and the educated and ignores the unemployed and the uneducated can cause social issues. The uneducated and the unemployed group maybe this way due to the society's failure to offer them various opportunities due to poverty , neglect or family problems. Consequently, for them to feel accepted and fit in , they engage in socially unacceptable activities such as crime , social unrest , gang related activities and pornography to meet their responsibilities.

     Bad culture also accentuate the occurrence of social problems. Cultural events that gratify sex among the youth cause social problems such as abortion,sexually transmitted diseases, pornography and drug and substances abuse . Additionally , cultures that no barriers among children and the youth through increasingly busy parents who spend less time guiding and nurturing their offspring create problems. First , moral decay develops as the these kids, and young people are left to the mercies of devices such as television , and the internet . Thus , they pick up unwanted social problems such as drug and substances abuse , watching or pornography , experimenting with sex. 

     Social issues affect the society by causing many repercussion. First , it creates disharmony among the people elicited by suspicion and hostility in cases where issues such as criminal acitivites,hatd crimes , harrasment, and rape occur . Secondly , they cause suffering and misery among people . A society full of fear of each other, where some cause harm or hate results in the suffering of the inhabitants. Thirdly , the social issues disadvantage a society, as they do not solve any problems but create others that become foundation of worse issues. Fourthly , they make it impossible to address them . Social issues are not universal to every society and tend to change rapidly. Hence , concentrating on solving one is difficult as others arise and cause more harm than previous one. Social issues can be solved first, identifying the root causes of these problems. For example , watching of pornography , abortion and drug abuse among the youth the youth may be due to lack of guidance and counseling. Therefore, programs aimed at creating awareness and educating the youths on these social issues can be created. Secondly, the creation of social support system, such as health care, rehabilitation and employment services to solve alcoholism, drug abuse and criminal activities.

     There are many social issues that affect our world day in and day out. Many individuals see these dilemmas very differently; offering up various solutions to fix them and even various proposals as to why they occur. However, because of the unpredictability in the frequency and method of these social issues, they cannot be eradicated and therefore they must try to simply be contained. I hope that your research of your chosen social problem has shown you that there are many different views and opions on different prominent issues and because of that, often, no one can be "right or wrong." The only thing that can be offered is a plan; a plan to make the situations better or the occurrences less frequent; however, often not even that works. This is why we, each and every one of us, cannot give up. The only way to improve these situations, let alone solve them, is to keep trying and to keep listening to what EVERYONE, not  just the ones who agree with us, have to say. I hope you enjoyed and learned something from completing this project!