Prejudice Attitudes

Relative poverty is a lack of resources to adequately participate in society, such as not having an internet connection inside a home. In comparison to absolute poverty, it is not as severe because those considered from suffering from relative poverty still have the basic resources to survive: shelter; food and clothing. In the case study, the families mentioned living in London on £1,500 a week suffer from relative poverty because although they have shelter and food and such, they do not have enough money to by ‘low level’ luxuries such as having a home computer connected to the internet, due to the fact that the money they receive on welfare is not adequate to purchase it.
Prejudice is an unfair negative opinion formed about someone based on their cultural identity or background. It still exists today, takes place in many forms and can lead to discrimination.
Sexism is a form of prejudice, as it is believing that one sex is superior to another and can take place in industries, education and employment. For example, the view that men in general make better workers is prejudice, as well as believing that women are in need of protection from men. Prejudice is based on individual views (which may end up being the same at times), which may consequently lead on to discrimination, which is acting upon prejudice. Sexism isn’t always obvious but it is still evident in modern society.
Another example of prejudice is homophobia; an irrational fear or hatred of homosexuals or homosexual activity. It occurs on a mass scale in schools, religious practices and day to day life in general. A prejudice homophobic belief is the idea that homosexual activity is morally wrong; beliefs such as these most commonly occur within religions and originate from teachings of the Bible.
Additionally, another common form of prejudice is racism – which is an irrational ignorance or fear of those that physically look or act culturally different. Prejudice, racist beliefs include believing