SA 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4 & 7: Libido, Mental Disorder, Compulsory Heterosexuality

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Amie Mc Lean

Document Summary

Social conflict theory and social stratification: conflict occurring over scarce resources, this perspective suggests that active groups in society are actively competing against each other. Therefore, in this group there are both winners and losers. Shows the privileges of stronger group of people: class system is actually characterized by institutionalization. Moving up and down social ladder is exaggerated. Argues that few people tend to succeed even if they do work very hard. Those who break through this barrier tend to be exceptions: karl marx- argued that the capitalist system reproduces ineqaulity. He states that there are two classes: bourgeoisie--capitalist group. They operate the means of productions. a. b. c. d. Proletariat: workers that sell their time and labour in order to survive. In interest of bourgeoisie to exploit the proletariat, getting them to. No revolution happened b/c unions sprang up to protect the proletariat work as hard and long hours for the least amount of pay. group.