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.