The_Comparative_Method

The Comparative Method Sociologists have embraced what is known as the comparative method as the most efficient way to expose taken-for-granted 'truths' or laws that people have adopted. But what is this comparative method and how does it work' Are there any advantages/disadvantages to exposing these false 'truths'. What forms or variations of the comparative method exist' In the pages to follow I will attempt to give you some insight and understanding of what the comparative method is, and how it works. The comparative method, simply put, is the process of comparing two things (in our case societies, or the people that make up society) and seeing if the result of the comparison shows a difference between the two. The comparative method attempts to dereify (the process of exposing misinterpreted norms. Norms that society consider natural and inevitable characteristics of human existence) reified (the human created norms or 'truths') beliefs. Obviously there are various ways in which a nomi (a labeled, sometime constructed, norm or truth) can be exposed. Which form of the comparative method should one use however' The answer, whichever one applies to the 'truth' in question. For example, you certainly would not do a cross-gender form of comparison if you people, comparison, comparative, method, society, constructed, one, example, view, truths, societies, men, boy, very, truth, man, however, considered, canada, women, western, two, older, another, way, various, socially, rather, india, form, fact, exposing, expose, between, belief