SumBlog 5

   Harriet Martineau is a very inspiring female.  She is the first one that we have talked about in this class and is the first one that I have talked about in any of my sociology classes.  It amazes me how even with her personal difficulties and writing during Karl Marx's time, she was able to make herself heard and had very well-know writings.  I personally liked her thoughts on human happiness and how it can cause a fairness in society.  
   She also talked about our morals, how they are shared norms and values, and manners, patterns of actions based on our norms, and how society has been loosing these two objectives over time.  This can come from how men treat women, how one race treats a different race, or how one culture can treat another culture.

To me, this picture describes it all.  No matter what you look like or who you are, one should be treated equally and with respect.  Martineau was writing at a time when she was looked down upon by men and had to prove her way into the sociology world, and she did just that.