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| Sites with adult content which is not of an artistic, educational, or informative nature are not permitted in Society, but should be send to the Adult tree. In general, sites whose primary purpose is online shopping should be sent to the Shopping tree, and those with a narrow geographic focus are best placed under Regional. |
Open Directory's Society section covers the areas of human interaction and people's thoughts, speculations, and aspirations about the world they live in. This category covers topics directly about people, such as People, Ethnicity, Genealogy, and Disabled. And it covers experiences inherent to being human, in Sexuality, Death, Transgendered, Subcultures, Lifestyle Choices, and Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual. Society covers people's relationships with each other in topics such as Relationships, Activism, Advice, Crime, Support Groups, Work, Military, Politics, Issues, Law, Government, and Organizations. It covers people's perceptions and understandings of the universe they live in, in Philosophy, Paranormal, Urban Legends, and Religion and Spirituality. And it covers people's relationship to time, in topics such as History, Future, and Holidays.Several other major Open Directory sections have categories related to Society. For example, categories about people who are important to society principally because of their contributions to science, the arts, sports, or local areas are located in Science, Arts, Sports, and Regional, respectively. Subjects related to the family are in Home/Family. The relationship between science and society is covered in Science/Science_in_Society. The Arts and Humanities, which are an important expression of society, have their own categories. News about society is in News. Many socially relevant reference materials about society can be found in Reference, such as Reference/Museums/Cultural, Reference/Archives, and Reference/Education.
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Please submit in the most specific category your site fits under, i.e. sites about a single topic should be submitted under that topic, and those focusing on a specific geographic area should go into the relevant regional category.
This category should only contain sites that have some details as to "what you can do" politically, action that people can take, or have taken. A site offering primarily general information or education on a subject should be submitted to Society/Issues. A site about a particular political grouping or ideology or which emphasizes electoral and governmental actions should be submitted via Society/Politics. |
Activism "emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue" according to Merriam-Webster.Note: A few sites listed here may advocate activities or contain material that some people may find offensive.
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Sites that respond to readers' requests for advice, whatever the topic - unless a 'specialist sub-category' exists. Please read the category description and look at the sites already listed. Also, you might like to browse the 'sub-categories' - one of them might be more appropriate. Self help and support sites do not belong here - Try: Self Help or Support Groups ) If you are not sure, submit in the category you feel is closest. Editors are happy to help someone who meets us half way! When submitting a site, please indicate if registration or payment is required from your visitors. Reviewing submitted sites is taken very seriously at the Open Directory; a site in the wrong category, or an inappropriate title or description gets us - and you - a bad reputation. So we reserve the right to delete inappropriate submissions. Thanks for bringing your site to us. |
As a sub-category of "Society", this category deals with advice on the 'human condition', rather than, for example, motor mechanics.
Also, it favors those sites at which you can seek advice - or read about those who have - rather than those which simply publish a prepacked world view! (see Self_Help).
Please be careful and use your own judgment when requesting advice. It can be hard to determine the qualifications of those offering advice over the Internet.
This category is most definitely not an 'information service' area; it's Advice!
Help us to help you - by making this the most useful directory.
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Before submitting to this area please be sure you have done a search or have browsed the subcategories first and have made the appropriate choice for your listing. Sites must contain unique content in order to be listed.
Sites dealing with controversies or issues surrounding crime, law enforcement, and related topics should be sent to Society/Issues/Crime_and_Justice
Private investigations belong in Business: Business Services: Fire and Security: Security: Investigation: Investigators
Sites submitted here must be in English. Non English sites should be submitted to a WORLD category. |
Sites and categories about criminals, particular types of crime, or criminal activity, and justice systems.
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Websites pertaining to death care should be very user friendly to the elderly, as they are the most likely to be using them. Things such as colors, text size, universally compatible to older browsers and computers, fast load time, etc. will be taken into strong consideration as factors regarding possible listings. |
Sites related to the issues surrounding Death and Dying.
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People with disabilities - how they live, learn, work, play and travel. Also disability news, studies, information, and statistics.
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People with disabilities - how they live, learn, work, play and travel. Also disability news, studies, information, and statistics.
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Do not submit sites in languages other than English or sites about countries or other regions which are served by a category of the Regional hierarchy. |
Categories organized by their focus on specific racial and ethnic groups.
The traditional beliefs, legends, customs, proverbs, riddles, music, dance, stories, and other lore of various cultures which were passed down orally from person to person through the ages.
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This category is for English-language sites that offer speculations, research, and theory related to the idea of "the future" or futurist thinking.
If your site offers psychic services go to Society/Paranormal/Psychic and submit to the most appropriate subcategory there. If your site is in a language other than English, start at World and submit to an appropriate category under the language of the site. |
This category is for speculation and research about the future, including competing views by futurists.
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Please submit sites to the most appropriate category.
Sites with adult content which is not of an educational, informative, or artistic nature are not permitted, but should be sent to the Adult category. Sites primarily offering online shopping should be sent to the Shopping category. Sites with a narrow geographic focus are best placed in a Regional category. Sites relating to transgenderism are located in the Society: Transgendered category. |
The Society: Gay,_Lesbian,_and_Bisexual/ category is intended for sites related to gay, lesbian, bisexual as people, their sexual orientation, lifestyle choices, sexuality, gender issues.
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Please review the subcategories and select the most appropriate subcategory for site submission. Do not submit one site to multiple categories.
Regional Genealogy sites should be submitted to their correct country and location. |
This category contains sites concerning genealogy and the study of family histories, including specific family surnames and genealogy related to specific geographical areas.
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Do not submit
To find your city's Government category
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The government sector: resources related to the "business" of governing, sites of and about world and interregional governing bodies, and links to "government" categories elsewhere in the Open Directory.
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Sites about local history are usually placed in the appropriate subcategory of the Regional hierarchy. Do not submit sites about local (e.g. town, city, county) history unless pertinent to an event or place of national or international significance. For example, a site about the founding of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is Regional in interest, whereas a site about the course of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, a turning point in the American Civil War, would be accepted into the Society/History category of the same. Society/History is best suited to academic or scholarly sites devoted to history of civilizations, or of particular branches or philosophies of history. |
History, in brief, is the humanity which explains the human condition based on the chronological record of significant events and their related causes.
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Few sites are appropriate for this category. Please review the subcategories carefully before making your submission. Submit sites that have individual pages or sections for a number of holidays to the Holiday Pages subcategory. Submit sites that list holidays or tell when the holidays observed by a certain people group to the Calendars and Lists subcategory. Submit sites that focus on a single holiday to the corresponding sub-category.
Do NOT submit shopping sites. Sites that primarily market seasonal merchandise should be submitted to Shopping/Holidays. Shopping sites will not be listed in this category or its subcategories. If submitted, they are subject to deletion. Sites which focus primarily on the religious aspects of holidays should be submitted to the appropriate religion's category, such as Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Judaism/Holidays_and_Observances or Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Calendar. Online greeting sites should be submitted to Computers/Internet/E-mail/Electronic_Postcards/Occasions. No site is guaranteed placement in the Open Directory. Any site still under construction, submitted to multiple inappropriate categories, using multiple URLs for multiple submissions, or consisting primarily of affiliate links to products will be deleted. Thank you for your cooperation. |
Sites listed in this category explore holidays from a general perspective--i.e. photography, why people celebrate, discussion forums related to holidays in general, and so forth. Sites that provide holiday-specific information for multiple holidays are listed in the Holiday Pages subcategory. Sites that focus on a single holiday are listed in corresponding sub categories.
Sites created especialy for children may be found in Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Holidays_and_Special_Days.
Holidays include patriotic and cultural celebrations, as well as other special occasions such as birthdays.
Sites which focus primarily on the religious aspects of holidays are listed in Society/Religion_and_Spirituality.
Important Notes - Please Read:
Please do not submit your site here unless it is a very deep site with lots of content that covers virtually every major issue. Please look through the subcategories to find the appropriate place for your site.
Personal pages covering multiple social issues should be submitted to the Personal Multi-issues Pages subcategory. Personal political homepages should be submitted to the Politics: Personal Pages subcategory. Thank you for your cooperation. |
This category links to sites dealing with every kind of social and political issue and controversy.
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Sites for national, state, provincial, and other local courts should be submitted to the proper location within Regional. |
This category is a resource for law-related websites, including law firms, legal information, primary legal materials, paralegal services, legal publications and technology, expert witnesses, litigation consultants, and other legal service providers.
Categories and sites for alternate lifestyles, intentional and utopian communities, and specific practices.
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Please submit your link to the most specific sub-category possible. Very rarely will a link be added at the Society/Military level. Failure to submit your link to the most specific sub-category possible will likely result in a delay of the site being listed. If your site contains information specific to one country, please submit it to the Government/Military category of that country. Sites must be in the English language. |
This category is for general information about the military. Sites focusing on the military of a particular country should be listed in Regional instead of here. Sites must be in the English language.
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Please find the most appropriate subcategory for your site. Sometimes, your site may be moved to a related category, for instance, Trade Associations web sites should be submitted to Business/Organizations/Trade_Associations. Please send non-English sites to the World hierarchy. The editors reserve the right to omit from the index sites which are submitted more than once to the same category, sites under construction, or sites which belong in other categories. |
English language web sites of non-profit and non-governmental organizations, as well as links to other directory categories for organizations and clubs not of a business or governmental nature.The first grouping of subcategories including resources for the non-profit sector. The second grouping holds sites and links to organization categories in other parts of the directory.
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If you would like to add your website as a reference in the directory please make sure it is online and able to be reached with the correct url. Submissions that are not yet available due to construction will be deleted without notification. Please make sure your website has SOME content. The purpose of this directory is to provide research to the end user. Do NOT submit your site more than once. This includes multiple pages from your site. Website submissions are not rejected based on particularities. They are rejected however, if they do not meet the guidelines of the category you are submitting to. So please, take a moment and make sure your website properly fits the Society/Paranormal/ and associated subcategory properly in the directory. Thank you. |
The paranormal deals with that which cannot be scientifically explained. ESP, Extraterrestrial Life, Psychic Powers, and other topics are covered here.
People in their many shapes, sizes, and appearances.
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This is a resource directory. Please submit sites of individual philanthropic organizations in the correct subcategory, such as Society/Philanthropy/Organizations, Grant-Making_Foundations, or Youth/Organizations/Public_Service. Please DO NOT submit sites under construction. |
Broadly defined, philanthropy is goodwill to mankind as demonstrated by the readiness to promote human welfare. The Philanthropy category in this directory provides an overview of the philanthropic sector, including guides and directories and methods of giving.
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Sites submitted to this category must be philosophical in nature, and deal with periods or personalities in philosophy.
Popular metaphysics, as is usually dealt with in religiously-oriented sites, theology, and New Age philosophies are better suited for categories in Religion and Spirituality. This includes psychic readings, ancient Egyptian religion, crystals, UFOs, and alien abductions, the I Ching, etc.
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Philosophy, from the Greek words philo (love) and sophia (wisdom), refers to the rational inquiry of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, and conduct. Its traditional main branches are metaphysics, the study of the ultimate nature of reality, epistemology, the investigation of the origins and limits of knowledge, ethics, dealing with morality and justice, and aesthetics, the study of beauty in the arts.
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For organizational purposes, the Society/Politics branch is devoted to ideology and to the practice of politicking, i.e. electoral and legislative activities such as campaigning and lobbying. Grassroots, protest, and "direct action" activities are placed under Society/Activism whereas education, information, and advocacy regarding specific issues are placed under Society/Issues. Sites about specific candidates and campaigns are generally placed in the Regional/ branch, while sites suitable for scholarly use are placed in Science/Social_Sciences/Political_Science. Please submit only English language sites into this branch. |
Politics is the art of reforming a society through public policy, and a hallmark (and curse) of civilization.
Websites about interpersonal relationships, including but not limited to romantic relationships.
The Religion and Spirituality category encompasses all religious and spiritual concepts. Religion is a social phenomenon involving systems of shared practices, views, symbols, and moral values. Spirituality is a personal relationship and communication with the Divine or the Ground of Being, with or without the direct influence of any organization or a set of organizationally imposed views. Please see the category FAQ for more detail on the category and editing in it.
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NOTE: "Sites with adult sexuality content which is not of an artistic, educational, or informative nature are not permitted in Society." Instead, that material should be placed in the Adult category. This includes "Adult Oriented Personals," "Adult Novelties," XXX, hardcore, porn, etc. If the site is meant to arouse, not only to inform, it belongs in Adult rather than Society/Sexuality. Although there is no universal agreement as to what constitutes adult material, any notice on the site that the visitors to the site must be of any minimum age -- 18+, 21+, or not minors -- is a strong hint that this site needs to go to Adult. Other hints can include PICS labels over 1, explicit keywords, and "the company the site keeps," the sites that it links to, advertises, maintains reciprocal links to. See the Adult category FAQ for more details. Continual submissions of adult sites into Society/Sexuality/Society/Sexuality may result in said sites being banned completely from the directory. |
Educational or information sites about human sexuality and sexual practice.
Take a walk outside your world just a second, not out of your office or out of your house but almost into a different plane of existance.This has nothing to do with subcultures of society.
Confused? Good. Brush away any ideas you have of sterotypes and labels this is the world as it actually is in full choromatic glory, candid and honest views on how reality shapes real people.
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Submit sites critical of the goals or methods of specific support groups or of support groups in general.
If the site belongs in Support_Groups : Opposing_Views, see if there is an appropriate sub-category here. |
Any sites that can offer an opportunity to gain support, or give support, to people dealing with these issues. This may include forums, email lists, personal homepages.Groups and websites to help people cope with the troubles of life, or at least feel less alone. For disease-related support groups, see Health/Consumer Support Groups.
A regional listing would be appropriate for information about a support group that primarily is about when and where a group meets in person.
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Please submit your site to the most appropriate subcategory for it's subject, and if applicable, the orientation it focuses on.
Pornographic websites are not permitted in this category. Submit them to the most appropriate category in the Adult directory. Explainations of common terms used in transgender issues are available in the FAQ. |
Transgendered individuals are those who have a gender (a mental measure of masculinity, femininity, or something else entirely) which does not match their sex (being physically male or female).This category includes resources for transgendered individuals, and information about transgenderism in general.
Focus is on work as a part of life: the work ethic, balancing work with family life, work schedules, etc. Access to work-related categories elsewhere in the directory.
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