Societies do not exist as concrete objects that you can see, touch, or feel. Rather, they are intangible social constructions comprising a bundle of historically-determined highly, highly complex and generally persistent set of socio-economic and political relationships among a group of geographically-bounded (usually) human beings, which they may or may not enter into willingly as they live out their lives, first and foremost, as biological entities (meaning their existence is primarily governed, as in the case of all mammals, by the genetically-determined remorselessly inescapable quest for food, shelter, and reproduction, and secondarily by almost everything else—religion, politics, and so on.) Now, it is important that you understand this fact: when sociologists make statements about societies as a whole, they do so on the basis of identifying, through peer-reviewed studies and research, broad thematic patterns among these relationships. Consequently, there will always be some individuals within these societies who do not fit some of these patterns. Therefore, if you, as an individual, find that your personal experiences do not reflect some of the statements made in this course, it does not imply that the statements are not applicable to a broad group of others. You, by yourself, are not society. So, take a chill pill and calm down.