SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Patrilineality, Lgbt, Heterosexism

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 100
• Professor: Fang Gong

Document Summary

You tend to stay in the class where you were born. There is generally very little you can do to change your social status: caste system, for more information, pg 193 in textbook, be able to explain the functionalist (including the davis-moore. Thesis), conflict theory, and symbolic interactionist views on stratification, and be able to apply these theories to explain instances of stratification: according to functionalism, stratification exists because it necessary to promote efficiency, excellence, and productivity. This results in giving individuals something to strive for. According to conflict theory, stratification only benefits some people, not society as a whole. Conflict theorists draw on work from karl marx when he said that stratification was the result from individuals" relationship to production (work). Although working conditions have improved, conflict theorists say that stratification sill exists because of the strained working relationship between employers and employees still exists.