Examples: While Indian culture is patriarchal, its society can be quite misogynistic. While American culture deeply frowns upon racism, racism is a very real an

Examples: While Indian culture is patriarchal, its society can be quite misogynistic. While American culture deeply frowns upon racism, racism is a very real and ubiquitous social issue. In the first example the societal behaviors arise from the culture, in the second I show that they can be totally contradictory. Society is about the way people act among each other, culture is what is passed on and shared among a group of people. I really hate to cite wikianswers because it's one of my least favorite sites, but this description is exactly what I am getting at: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_social_and_cultural_history http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_soc... >"Society" is more about, "How do all these people interact?" "Culture" is more about, "What do they believe, and what do they value?"