Social Issue: Corporal Punishment

It is a form of punishment inflicted on body or in simple words physical punishment. This punishment could be on the domestic scale, in school or by permission of the court.  However, this technique of punishment is often censured at the domestic, school or social level but still this practice has housed in our society.

People who believe in corporal punishment has a notion that through this they can deter the faults, as fear of punishment would alert the victim and he or she will not indulge in wrong doings. This is the reason why teachers at school and parents often thrash their child by slapping or sometimes they even make use of belts, sticks, slippers etc.  Also, when children do not comprehend what their parents and teachers say, the latter is left with no other option to make the former understand in a better way than this. This mode is considered as the best way to instill discipline in a culprit.

However, this mode of punishment can make the child or a culprit more obstinate and sometimes when they receive regular thrashing they become habitual and so even the thrashing doesn't have any effect on them.  Sometimes, the culprit inducts the feeling of rage and becomes fiercer.  Also, it lowers the confidence and self-respect of the victim which leaves a negative impact. Many times corporal punishment is smeared unnecessarily and the sufferer is victimized without any fault.

Such activities should be undertaken in rare or extreme cases when the individual is not able to figure out the scenario even after trying different approaches. Physical punishment should be the last option to make someone understand.

Social Issue: Capital Punishment

Capital punishment is an act of putting the life to death or execution of a person on courts order, for some heinous crime.  It is the eventual decision of a government and is taken in extreme cases.  This decision faces criticism and is considered unethical, as many social organizations appose its implementation.

As exclaimed earlier, this kind of punishment is considered for criminals who have engaged in the most atrocious crimes and are a threat to the society. Also, this punishment is measured as a paradigm for other criminals, to make them realize the penalty of the crime that could cost them their life.

Most of the criminals are penalized with imprisonment or other punishment just to give them another chance to make the most from the new opportunity provided to lead a better and ethical life. But death sentence or capital punishment is often believed to be an eye for an eye justice where a murderer is exposed to death sentence.  Also, this punishment could be applied for the criminals engaged in any kind of assault or any other treacherous activity.

The activists who oppose this penalty often deem it as an inhumane activity, as it breaches human rights. In their viewpoint even life imprisonment could be an appropriate method of punishing such criminals since suffering is more in such cases. Also, the criminal is not given a time to repent for his/her wrongdoings.

This type of death penalty has always been a debatable issue and taking someone’s life should be left in the hands of nature. 

Social Issue: Discrimination

Discrimination is an abhorrent term which has divided the society into various categories rendering simple living into an unsafe activity. It is a shameful ideology followed by some people or communities, challenging the creation of God. Discrimination is a prejudicial behavior of a person towards his or her fellow beings on the bases of caste , creed, race/color, religion, gender, national origin,disability and retaliation.

Caste and creed discrimination: It involves the discrimination on the basis of one's religion and faith. Indian society is divided among higher and lower castes and therefore people of lower castes are treated with a shallow felling and they do not receive acknowledgement in most of the cases. People belonging to different religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism etc look down upon the people of another religion. 

Gender Discrimination: This is a debatable issue where females are treated as a fragile gender and face domination from the males. in many countries daughters do not get equal recognition as son and are even devoid of studies. 

Race and Color: People discriminate their fellow beings on the basis of their color. blacks or dark skinned people are mostly mistreated by the white skins.  

National Origin: natives of foreign countries are often ill-treated due to their origin in another country. 


Region: Due to the division of east and west, westerners are considered better when compared with the people of east. also, the distinction is done within the countries too on the basis of region. 

Age: Sometimes even age factor leads to discrimination, as young people are often offended and disfavored by working ones and so they face adverse working conditions. 

Disability: Physically or mentally challenged people are often mocked by fit people despite of the talent they possess. 


Retaliation: Sometimes people face discrimination due to retaliation or revenge felling. some people put down upon the worthy people out of vengeance. 

Besides these people are often discriminated on the basis of their social status and the wealth they possess.