In today’s society most people fall into an achieved status. That is, we work a regular full-time job while some work overtime and others double up on jobs to attain a certain social class and a desirable income. The book states that there are different types of stratification: slavery, castes, estates, and social classes. Within the social classes of stratification, there are also other obstacles of achieving the preferred ranking: income, occupation, bureaucratic authority, educational attainment, social networks, and political connections. “Stratification shapes individual opportunity based on the layer or stratum that one occupies in the system” (Witt 2015, p. 238). Ways that stratification influences a person’s life is the strive for a
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Social mobility and stratification have been measured and influenced by inequality as well. According to a study done at top colleges in America, “the economists found five factors that were correlated with differences in social mobility in different parts of America: residential segregation (whether by income or race); the quality of schooling; family structure (eg, how many children live with only one parent); “social capital” (such as taking part in community groups); and inequality (particularly income gaps among those outside the top 1%). Social mobility is higher in integrated places with good schools, strong families, lots of community spirit and smaller income gaps within the broad middle class” (Mobility, measured 2014). Even though it may seem as if the strive for social mobility is declining, I believe that in order to achieve our economic goals we need to transcend through the boundaries. With conscious efforts, we should be able to seek opportunities for ourselves to promote our wellbeing and our financial …show more content…
“Socialization plays a key role in determining our sexual identity;” and there is a “significant pressure to obey dominate norms for masculinity and femininity” (Witt 2015, p.304). From this point of view, we are able to learn from our experiences and observations to form our own sexual identity. However, some would say that sexual identity has more of a biological perspective because of the way we view yourself and how we feel in our own skin. For example, in the video clip Malisa 's Story: Growing Up Transgender, a little Japanese girl talks about how she “feels like a girl on the inside” but she was born with a male anatomy. Malisa identifies herself as girl. Her parents observed this when she would draw self-portraits of herself with long hair and in female attire. When her and her family decided to make the transition, they notified her school asking them to use the correct pronouns and correct name change. (Malisa 's Story: Growing Up Transgender). Ultimately, this concept is that of a social outlook, but one can convey it is also biological. Even though many “sociologists usually emphasize the importance of socialization over biology for the learning of many forms of human behavior”, these two notions can also be portrayed as a biological impact (Barkan
Social mobility and stratification have been measured and influenced by inequality as well. According to a study done at top colleges in America, “the economists found five factors that were correlated with differences in social mobility in different parts of America: residential segregation (whether by income or race); the quality of schooling; family structure (eg, how many children live with only one parent); “social capital” (such as taking part in community groups); and inequality (particularly income gaps among those outside the top 1%). Social mobility is higher in integrated places with good schools, strong families, lots of community spirit and smaller income gaps within the broad middle class” (Mobility, measured 2014). Even though it may seem as if the strive for social mobility is declining, I believe that in order to achieve our economic goals we need to transcend through the boundaries. With conscious efforts, we should be able to seek opportunities for ourselves to promote our wellbeing and our financial …show more content…
“Socialization plays a key role in determining our sexual identity;” and there is a “significant pressure to obey dominate norms for masculinity and femininity” (Witt 2015, p.304). From this point of view, we are able to learn from our experiences and observations to form our own sexual identity. However, some would say that sexual identity has more of a biological perspective because of the way we view yourself and how we feel in our own skin. For example, in the video clip Malisa 's Story: Growing Up Transgender, a little Japanese girl talks about how she “feels like a girl on the inside” but she was born with a male anatomy. Malisa identifies herself as girl. Her parents observed this when she would draw self-portraits of herself with long hair and in female attire. When her and her family decided to make the transition, they notified her school asking them to use the correct pronouns and correct name change. (Malisa 's Story: Growing Up Transgender). Ultimately, this concept is that of a social outlook, but one can convey it is also biological. Even though many “sociologists usually emphasize the importance of socialization over biology for the learning of many forms of human behavior”, these two notions can also be portrayed as a biological impact (Barkan