SOCIOLOGY TOPICS  FOR PRESENTATIONS

 These are possible topics.  You may think of one that is not here.  If so, bring it to my attention.

drinking and driving                                         stress (effects on body and mind)

modern plagues                                               euthanasia

capital punishment                                             abortion

AIDS / STDs                                                    runaways

teenage suicide                                                male/female differences

understanding the media / censorship              breast-feeding

eating disorders                                                teen sex / teen pregnancy                            

steroid abuse                                                advertising

animal experiments vs rights                           feminism / Salem witch hunt

alcohol and drug abuse                                    smoking

adoption                                                      female genital circumcision

child abuse/parental abuse/ spousal abuse                                 

sexual assault                                                monogamy vs polygamy

gang violence                                                  the environment

young offenders Act/prison-life                         homosexuality

aging and the elderly                                 Canadian Immigration policy

gambling                                                     underpaid labor (women seamstresses)

homeless/ runaways                                        starving children                    

manners and etiquette                                    the workplace and hierarchies

pornography                                                the role of the media, who controls it?

immigration                                                 Medicare- how it works

poverty in Canada and the unemployed  

humour  (benefits)                                          dreams and interpretation

beauty pageants for children                           fundamentalism

shoplifting                                                             lying/ reading body language

military life                                                  personality disorders

how animals help us (dogs with autistic kids,

the blind, etc)