SOC101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ascribed Status, Social Stratification, Bourgeoisie

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC101
• Professor: Jennifer Schulenberg

Document Summary

Social class, inequality and status are embedded into our daily routines: how old you are, race, age. We make assumptions about others on the basis of their relative class and. Power relations are often muddied by interconnections with other patterns of inequality social factors such as gender, race, and ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, and immigrant status play important mediating roles. According to most sociologists, there are two basic types of status: ascribed, and achieved: ascribed: is assigned at birth and includes race, gender, disability, and age, achieved: earned over the life course. Comparisons of canada with other nations suggest that we have a relatively open it to their strengths or weaknesses with ourselves stratification system. Canadians: but it is also known that ascribed status limits opportunities for some i. e. women in historical context, weren"t allowed to go to the pub without being escorted. Movie clip: about aboriginal people and their struggles: lack of opportunity, poverty, what role racism plays.