Week 12-2 Social inequality

Social inequality


1. Summarize 

 Social inequality occurs when people cause certain patterns according to socially defined categories. It is a discriminatory preference for social reuse in many areas. Social inequality can be interpreted as a lack of equal access to opportunities, although outwardly it means a lack of equality of results. In particular, it can be seen that there are frequent cases of inequality in the social stratification society that we have learned earlier. Typically, inequality occurs in gender (male and female), race, ethnicity, age, health, and the world. The inequality between men and women is still a manifestation of our lives. We have made a lot of efforts to improve from the past to the present, and we are still trying, but it does not seem easy to completely break the mold. Not only that, but the same is true of inequality in other areas. In society, I think that inequality occurs depending on the situation. However, we should not take this for granted and try to correct it.

 2. Interesting

There was a situation that suddenly came to mind when I learned a little bit about various unequal situations such as racial discrimination and gender discrimination. It seems to be one of the problems that is always seen when all families get together on holidays. Since the perception of gender inequality has not changed completely yet, there are probably people who continue to have previous perceptions. When all family members gather during the holidays, the amount of food to prepare and the amount of food to be cleaned are double, and cooking and preparation are always forced only on women. Not in all homes, but in severe families, men are said to be banned from entering kitchens. Growing-up children watching this situation will be confused by the lack of social awareness. And the string of inequality evil will be hard to break.

3. Discussion 

What efforts should be made to improve social inequality?

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