Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CULTURE, SOCIETY,
AND POLITICS
OBJECTIVES:
1.Articulate observations on human
cultural variation, social differences,
social change, and political identities.
2.Exhibit differences of human in terms
of their behavior.
3.Identify factors that affects the
behavior of humans.
Look at your
seatmates.
Notice the shape of
their nose, the
color of their hair,
and the color of
their skin.
Are theirs
similar to
yours?
Do you speak
the same
language?
Do you eat
the same
food?
What makes
us different?
Form a group with five members. For 15 minutes,
share with one another the following information:
1.Your parents’ cultural background (Ilokano,
Kapampangan, Visayan, etc.)
2.The languages and dialects that you can speak.
3.Your nationality (Filipino, Chinese, American,
etc.)
Nationality
- it is the identity that is tied to being part of a nation or
country
- it is the “group of people who share the same history,
traditions, and language” and who inhabits a
particular territory delineated by a political border
and controlled by a government
- can be acquired by being born in a country or by the
process of legal applications called naturalization
Ethnic Groups
- smaller cultural groups that share specific
environments, traditions, and histories that
are not necessarily subscribed to by the
mainstream culture
- there are about 180 indigenous ethnic
groups in the Philippines and more than 100
tribal groups who are mostly inhabiting
ancestral domains in the lowland, upland,
and coastal areas
Gender
- refers to the socially constructed roles,
behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given
society considers appropriate for men and
women
Sex
-refers to the biological characteristics of humans
such as male or female, gender categories are
more varied, accommodating identities such as
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and
intersex (LQBTI)
TYPES OF GENDER
1. Heterosexual – is inclined to be sexually attracted to a person of
the opposite sex
2. Homosexual – is attracted to a person of the same sex
(gay/lesbian)
3. Bisexual – are attracted to both sexes
4. Asexual – is being attracted to any sex
5. Polysexual – attracted to multiple types of gender
6. Pansexual – who accommodates all types of gender
7. Transgender – people whose gender identities do not match
their biological identity as male or female
8. Transsexual – their sexual orientation is not related to their
genitalia, which allow them to identify with any other type of
gender such as heterosexual, pansexual, bisexual, and sexual
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASS
- Its concept between societies as the ideas associated with
being poor or rich differ based on the collective
experiences of individuals
- People falling into different social classes are bound to
experience life differently such as in the form of
transportation and the type and amount of food that they
can afford and consume daily
- Our indicators of social class are different, given the
economic and political context in which our country is in
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POLITICAL IDENTITY
- As a social group refers to the set of attitudes and
practices that an individual adheres to in relation to the
political systems and actors within his or her society