SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Ann Oakley, Feminist Sociology, Social Inequality
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Lecture 1 what is social inequality? the dictionary defines inequality as the quality of being unequal or uneven social inequality is about hierarchal (better-worse) differences between any two people or groups. Sociology is dedicated to explaining how social inequality works and the reasons most people are at a disadvantage. It also means showing social inequality leads to crime, sickness, addiction, and violence. Finally, sociologists are interested in how people invent or construct(unnatural) inequalities. The example of beauty consider the performance of social inequalities in connection with physical beauty. To explain the creation, performance and preservation of social inequalities, we need to develop some concepts. Habits of inequality theory all societies display social inequality of varying kinds- for example, class inequality gender inequality, age inequality, racial or ethnic inequality. These social inequalities are socially constructed: that is collectively imagined on the basis of a supposedly important natural difference. ( eg. , sex, skin color)
