Ch 1: Henslin

Sociology to me is the study of social problems and functions of human society. I have asked myself several times how does man kind work and I haven’t really been able to answer that question. For me to figure out and know what man kind is and how it works that means I would have to explore different countries and learn new cultures. In one of my previous blogs I shared that I am Latina and Filipino but aside from those two I am also Native American and Caucasian. Growing up being a mixed race I have seen all four cultures and different aspects from each one. I have been shocked from the differences in each culture. An example would be how these cultures handle stress. Native Americans would do this ritual where they would put hot steaming rocks in the middle of a tent and the Native Americans would sit inside the tent next to the rocks as others would throw cold water on the rocks causing steam to rise and the one individual sits in the steam. This helped relieve them of their stress and would release any bad vibes or energy that was going on with them. As for Latinos the way they like to handle stress is through drinking and spending time with family gossiping because it takes away the stress and gets them away from everything. A lot of white cultures usually do some type of workout or exercise when they are stressed whether it be yoga or lifting weights. Filipinos pray when they are stressed and get really really religious. They always want god on their side no matter what. Even though I have all four of these cultures within me, I would still like to know more about other cultures and what it means to those native of that culture.