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Social issues are emely matters which directly or indirectly affect many or all members of a society and are considered to be problems, controversies related to moral values, or both.

Social issues include poverty, violence, pollution, injustice, suppression of human rights, discrimination, and crime, as well as abortion, gay marriage, gun control, and religion, to name a few.

Social issues are related to the fabric of the community, including conflicts among the interests of community members, and lie beyond the control of any one individual.

[edit] See also

Abuse Adolescent pregnancy Crime Censorship Discrimination Drug abuse Education and school leaving age Extremism Family values Gay rights Gun control HIV/AIDS

Incest Justice List of sociology topics Marginalisation Migration Peace Pollution Population Poverty Racism Rape Sexism Social discrimination

Social equality Social exclusion Social integration Social injustice Social issues in the United States Social rejection Social work Society Sociology Unemployment War

[edit] Further reading

• WiseTo Social Issues Digest

[edit] External links

Google Scholar search on "social issues"