Distinguish between a personal problem and a social problem.
According to theorists, a personal problem only affects the individual. The problem only affects his or her way of living. It has no affect on society whatsoever. It could be problems he or she may have to deal with on their own. Some personal problems could be obesity, smoking, depression, unemployment, moodiness, lost of a loved one, etc. Only that person is affected by the circumstances. Society does not know anything about their problem and could not help them cope in anyway. While a social problem affects the society as whole. The entire population is affected in one way or another. They cannot avoid the problem. It is out of their control.
But in reality, we are not arguing which problems are exactly only personal or social problems, because personal problem correlates with social factors and social problems somewhat correlates in personal problem. Actually “We are all part some social problems.”
For example: Abortion among young girls.
Is it a personal problem or a social problem?
If you said it is a social problem because there has been an increasing in reported cases. You are not absolutely right but
In some intitial observation, the sociogical approach to social problems by: bias (feelings and values), the subjective nature of social problems (falls short of some standard) and the sociological imagination, history of those problems…
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