Create a Free Family Tree. Rensselaer County, New York (Map It) was created on February 07, 1791 from Albany County. The county was named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer (before 1596 â after 1643), the early landholder in the Dutch New Amsterdam colony .
1 The role that religion sometimes plays in society is evidence by all the animosity, bigotry and intolerance in the world today and also on this R&S forum.2  Religion has a very powerful influence in economics and politics. 3  It can be a very effective and rewarding tool in the hands of shrewd individuals. The role that religion sometimes plays in society is evidence by all the animosity, bigotry and intolerance in the world today and also on this R&S forum.
Media creates meanings about about gender, and plays an important role in the way we understand it as part of our identity, our history, our social institutions, and our everyday lives. Gender is a word we hear in everyday conversation. From an early age, children are socialized and encouraged to perform specific gender roles and conform to gender roles. 2  The repetition of gendered narratives and images in media has helped to shape these cultural norms around what it means to be a man or a woman, masculine or feminine.