Culture
The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a society
What is culture?
Moral values that determine a person's behavior or completing of an action.
What are ethics?
The acknowledgement of historical events often provided through facts and stories.
What is history?
Defined as, "the study of the nature and meaning of the universe and of human life" (Oxford English Dictionary).
What is the definition of philosophy?
In this country, citizens have no choice but to follow the cultural rules required by the government.
What is Turkmenistan?
"The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats (Oxford Languages."
What is coercion?
This country separated from Great Britain to gain independence and to have a vote in their government (National Archives).
What is the United States?
In this country the government uses propaganda to manipulate the populations personal beliefs
What is North Korea?
This is why it's so difficult to find unbiased research on this topic.
What is lack of freedom of press?
This portion of the population faces limited room for growth in the work lack of political representation, have lower literacy rates, and in some countries less rights over their bodies (Ilkkaracan).
What are women?
They were taught to believe women were solely on Earth to reproduce and if they are unable they are. This can be supported through the quote "Give me children or else I will die" ("Genesis 30:1" National Archives). These are all signs of what?
What is misuse of religion?
Information used by political enterprises to manipulate a populations point of view.
What is propaganda?
This is what will happen if a woman wears the wrong clothing to work (Fremer).
What is getting fired?
People of this faith's number went from around 75,000 to 2,500 because of discrimination and attacks against them (Muller-Sommerfield).
What are Jews?
The handmaids lived in fear of becoming Unwomen if they cannot meet their expectations due to what?
What is abuse of power?
North Korean often find themselves unable to express themselves due to the juche theory.
What are ways that forced ideologies affect day-to-day life?
This Bible story is mentioned in The Handmaid's Tale, and depicts one way forced ideology can be used
What is Rachel and Leah (Jacob's Wives)?
This is the reason so many forms of abuse against women and minority religions are accepted and ignored (Fernea).
What are normalized social practices?
This was the protesting for equal rights for women in government and politics. Without this act, women would not have the right to vote, or even own land (National Archives).
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
How aware are North Korean citizens of Juche principles? How many citizens can recognize propaganda and misinformation? Do people question the type of media their government sends out?
What are remaining questions?