SOCI 13000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: National Honor Society, Mutual Appreciation, Gender Equality
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Formed for some specific purpose or goal: there is something you want to accomplish. Food and food fights: sharing food is a form of intimacy, food not only symbolizes already established intimacy and solidarity, but can also be a means to establish these. Youth & youth cultures: the most important event for displaying and acquiring status is the party, being invited to the right parties is a mark of high status. In most high schools, members of the popular crowd party frequently: different kinds of parties. Parties at which illegal behavior takes place (drugs, drinking) Parties with multiple groups (school dances and proms) In some schools, certain clubs were dominated by a particular clique. Also true of sports teams like golf, tennis, and lacrosse, which were dominated by white upper-middle class cliques: clubs tend to create links across groups, especially in high status organizations (like.