Najalisse Santiago

Dr. Trier
Introduction to Sociology
16 April 2020

LGBT Life as seen on TV

1. What makes this podcast sociological is that it talks about the differences between men
and women especially in the queer community and the inequalities that they face.
2. I would say that the two terms of sociology that fit with what the podcast is focused on is
gender inequality and stereotypes.
3. Feminist theory fits in with this podcast specifically. Feminist theory emphasizes that
gender differences are not naturally but socially constructed. Today feminist sociology
focuses on gender, race, and class. In the podcast they talk about how the queer women
experience differs from women who are straight, also about the differences between men
and gender representation. For example they talked about a transgender women who was
attacked by a used to be friend coworker just because of the way she identifies herself.
Still in 2020 you can see the stereotypes and judgement that are put on women and how
they are supposed to behave. If a woman doesn’t act in a way that society is “used” to
they can face scary situations like this, sadly. There is a lot of misinformation with the
lgbtq community and they are still fighting for rights and that is why we have to support
them.
4. What stood out to me in this podcast was that they talked about how the transgender
woman received positive feedback from the public and even inmates because she was
working in a prison, but not even her colleagues. Her male colleagues stop being her
friend because of transition. I think it’s sad to see that some people would not want to be
associated with a person just for the way they identify themselves.
Food, Glorious Food!
1. What makes this podcast sociological is that it relates food inequality to poverty and the
negative effects that food insecurity can eventually lead to in the long run.
2. I would say that that the two terms of sociology that fit in with what the podcast is
focused on is social order and social stratification which describes the inequalities of
individuals sometimes in terms of wealth or poverty, or race, age, gender, and ethnicity.
3. Conflict theory directly relates to this podcast. Conflict theory is a perspective that
emphasizes the role of political and economic power and oppression as contributing to
the social order. Conflict theory in short is about the rich vs the poor. This podcast
focuses on relationship between food insecurity/inequality and poverty. The two go hand
and hand. Food security is when there is access to food and enough supplies in household
where food insecurity is the opposite. The government only offers food stamps to people
 who are below a certain poverty line and only offer enough support to get by. Some food
stamps won’t even cover a whole household, and that’s where the problem comes in. In a
larger sense food insecurity and poverty lead to more problems. Food insecurity with
students can lead to problems with focusing in school and education. Poverty can lead to
things like drugs and violence. The government should do more to provide these families
will lower incomes more security with food and even housing.
4. What I thought was interesting about this podcast is that if you fall under a certain
number in the poverty line you get food stamps but they only give you enough to bridge
the gap between that number so the number ranges between families.