SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Social Inequality, Smart People, Intersectionality
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Inequality- result of comparison between two things, one has an advantage. Many inequalities are natural (distinguishable between social inequalities) Sociologists not specifically interested in natural inequalities, but rather how natural inequality influences social inequality, how are inequalities viewed (thoughts, beliefs, theories), how are these inequalities explained or accounted for. Inequalities are very consequential: example: beauty why is there a preoccupation in our society with beautiful people as opposed to with smart people. What are the consequences with this beauty preoccupied society for being plain looking. *whole point of sociology is to generalize and formulate theories, even though there are many different factors involved: habits of inequality theory. Equity/fair exchange= output is equal to input, fair return on inputs or efforts. Fair allocation/distributive justice= distribution will be fair, person ranking 1st will have done better than person ranked 2nd in rewards received. Not a 1-1 fit, but rewards are dependent on input (magnitude is not necessarily perfectly correlated) and relevant.
