Nature Vs Nurtue Essay
Sociology: Task 2
We as one of the greatest nations ever, face a dilemma of social
problems. The social problems we face, are many, however homelessness is at
the top of the list. This year alone there are over two million people who are
considered homeless. This number includes men, women, children and elderly.
Homelessness does not discriminate we see all races, ethnic and religious
groups of all ages. We as a nation ask ourselves why? This question continues to
baffle all of us. Truth is there is no right answer to this question why. The major
leading factors that seem to contribute to this status are lack of affordable
housing, sudden sickness, and lack of work. The problem with homelessness is
the numbers keep growing instead of declining. It is up to us as a nation to find
suitable answers to help theses lost people before it is too late. It is our
responsibility to push for government funding so that this will no longer be an
issue in our great nation.
IN analyzing homelessness it appears that the precursors which lead to
homelessness are complicated. Social issues which lead to homelessness are
drug and alcohol addictions, mental health disorders, and family breakdown.
These issues are then compounded by inability to afford mental health services,
poor socioeconomic status and available, affordable housing. Homelessness has
become a very complicated social issue with a wide variety of economic and
social factors. The factors that lead to homelessness usually contribute to how
long a person remains homeless. In analyzing this widespread problem we see
homelessness is very hard to try and define, so our government is uncertain in
how to try and eliminate this growing epidemic.
The functionalism theory has us to believe that homelessness is about
maintaining social organization. The theory tells us that it is all a part of a
stable and integrated society. Homelessness as viewed by the functionalists is
a necessity for society to function. Homelessness is just dismissed as another
social class. Once a part of this class one remains in this class unless they move
up a class. The functionalism theory lets us believe that all of society regardless