Category: society

  • Patriarchy

    Most people out there would misunderstand the word patriarchy. They take it to mean: fatherly-rule or “through rule of the son from the father”. In-fact more than 200 years ago they constructed a new word matriarchy to counter this “sexism”. This new word meant passing of rights through mother’s side. While societies have been greatly…

  • Racial Chauvinism.

    Racial Chauvinism.

    Racial Chauvinism I came across the following on FB. Its not the first time I have come across such prejudiced view of the world we live in, irrespective of whether its a western view or an eastern view. But its not right and we must not accept such perjury of ethical concerns. Its kind of…

  • The sociology of skepticism.

    The sociology of skepticism.

    Just a few general remarks: From a view point of science in general and scientific skepticism in particular skepticism of sociology is arsenic. arsenic: too outsmarting without consistency. In sociology contest you can shut down a laptop by smashing it on a stone. In a scientific contest this is not a way to shut-down the…