SOC102H1 Lecture 3: Lectures 1-3 summarized
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Social inequality defines as unequal life chances, people have diff. Life chances (wealth, powerful, respected), chances are random. Inequality happens in societies and created by the interaction of people, groups are privileged from others (diff opportunities and rewards) puts people in competition (rich/poor, male/female). They exist (e. g. physical appearance), and it becomes a problem when society gives these differences a meaning (e. g. roles in society depending on gender) Human reality is socially constructed, society come to view certain objects (not natural, normal, good/bad), construct social problems (violence, drugs, giving them more or less importance) Claim-making-ways of understanding a social problem, gain attention by social media and values/belief. Natural inequalities exist among people; sociologists are interested in how natural inequalities become social inequality (e. g. height) People invent inequality, dramatize inequality, explain inequality, justify inequality, view inequality. If male > female, then automatically everything related to male is better than female (racialized male > racialized female)
