SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gender Inequality, Social Inequality, Economic Inequality
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Some objects are more highly regarded than others (agreement reality) Monkey video: relative inequality (understanding of our position in relation to the position of others) Situation is unjust: similar people doing similar things are being treated differently. Inequality is persuasive, has numerous forms and is uniquely social. Influential group defines a social condition as challenging it"s values (social recognition and social legitimizing) The condition affects a large number of people (social legitimizing) The condition"s solution demands collective action (mobilization for action) The development and implementation of an official plan. Most of the people in sociology stay in the realm of academia. Life trajectory has to be altered in order for something to be inequality. Social inequality refers to structural differences in peoples life chances (goes beyon basic differences) Sociologists are also interested in other patterns of social life the ntly eyond. Sociologists are also interested in other patterns of social life.
