Sociologists Role Strain Essay

Sociologists narrowed the breakdown of our social structure to five different elements, which are: statuses, social roles, groups, social networks, and social institutions. First I will discuss my personal experience with ascribe status, achieved status, and master status. Then I will bring an example of role strain and role conflict from personal experience. Giving the reason why, I will then discuss which one of these two roles is the most difficult in terms of role exit.
Ascribed status is viewed by sociologists as an assigned status to a person by society, without his/her unique talents or characteristics. This status assignment takes place at birth, like racial background, gender, and age. To describe my own experience for the ascribe …show more content…
Being a breadwinner for the family, a soldier, and a student, I’m confronted with multiple tasks and responsibilities at the same time. In this type of position, and facing many demands and expectations from various could be taunting.
In the other hand the role of conflict, as viewed by sociologists, is one role in conflict with another. As an example, you would see that a lot in the military. Soldiers socialize for years and friendship is build, and one of them get promoted to a leadership position. At this point, the new leader has to consider and treat the others as subordinates. As the Army is concern, the leader has new demands and expectations from his/her superiors towards his friends.
Based on my own experience, I believe in the role of conflict will be the most difficult in terms of role exit. Like any organization, as in the military, soldiers work and endure hardship together thus build friendship. But once one of them moves up in rank and assume the leadership position the others will become his/her subordinates. Due to role of conflict they are not allowed to socialize as