Social Problems in Societies
Social problems are issues which are considered to affect majority if not all members of a society either directly or indirectly. Whenever people come to live together in a social setting, conflict arises from their differences in opinions regarding political issues, religion, ethnic issues, cultural practices and other health and hygiene issues. In such a situation, we can say a society inevitably develops social problems. The various social issues present today vary from society to society, and as such, we cannot say that all societies face similar social issues. Social problems facing the societies encompass economic, political and human life issues within society. We can also include poverty, wealth, religion,
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For example, the rich access different and better service from what the poor do, and this is responsible for quite a number of problems in societies. When the poor lack proper education, it results in a large number of them lacking employment and thus they indulge in crime, drug abuse, prostitution, even giving rise to incurable diseases. Poverty makes it hard for members of a society to access proper medical services which makes it tough to control spread of diseases, and ultimately death. According to the symbolic interactionism theory, humans are social animals and require interaction with one another. It studies social interactions between individuals and small groups and how humans interpret these interactions. In this respect, poverty can be eliminated by interaction with the right people in society. Poverty leads to most social problems in society but can be evaded or corrected with the correct perspective. Also, equal development of all regions would ensure that all members in the various societies are treated equally and therefore such disparities between the poor and the rich would