ever becoming a couple was not up to you‚ but up to your particular social status? Is it reasonable to base who you will marry clearly on the bases of ones personal wealth or social status? The answers to these questions can only be answered by your own morals and how important social status is to you. Everyone has a choice‚ why does it matter as long as there is love? In Voltaire ’s Candide‚ it suggests that social status is important when it comes to marriage. Candide ’s mother is the sister
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tendency to marry within their social group or to marry a person who is close to them in status. Although many characteristics play a role in the choice of a spouse‚ sociologists have most often examined endogamy and homogamy with respect to race/ethnicity‚ religion‚ and socioeconomic status.” According to the research‚ in a sense that people have tendency to marry a person from the same race or close status‚ endogamy will still be practiced even if intermarriage go intense. Therefore‚ Asians and
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opportunity for money and power. Our social class “affects just about all aspects of our lives” (p.144). These also determine who will be part of the upper-class social classes because those that want to be doctors and lawyers do so primarily for the status or power and the money. I believe that everyone wants money and power but few actually have the means to accomplish it. When you are part of the upper-class‚ I believe that you have more opportunities thrown at you. In this regard‚ the upper-class
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difference between the achieved status and the ascribed status. * Achieved status is a status that we attain through talent‚ ability‚ effort‚ or other unique personal characteristics. * Ascribed status is a status that we receive involuntarily‚ without regard to our unique talents‚ skills‚ or accomplishments. * Achieved status is more common achieved at high school or college graduate; being rich or poor; belonging to a church or club. While ascribed status are based on genetics or physiology
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To what extent is “An Inspector calls” a socialist play? J.B Priestley uses his play as tool to get across his message of socialism. Priestley was a well known socialist and so would obviously want to express his views in some way. Priestley uses “AIC” to convey his views on capitalism and socialism: he uses the Inspector and some of the other characters as his mouthpiece of socialism‚ and uses some of the more arrogant and ugly characters to represent capitalism. Priestley would obviously be
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As we prosper through time‚ inequality is slowly less evident. A lot of people don ’t realize that although things are improving with time‚ inequality is still prominent in our society. The people that are failing to realize that there still is inequality‚ are the fortunate ones. They rise well above the poverty line‚ and usually live relatively economically sound lives. They are the people who are supplied with our society ’s benefits. The people that are in pursuit of social change‚ and constantly
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I will never have children. How could I bring a child into a world where most of the food we eat is full of chemicals whose names most people cannot pronounce and companies can sell cigarettes and liquor which kill the equivalent of a small country every year. Three hundred thousand people die every year in the United States due to obesity related diseases caused by the consumption of convenience food. Cigarettes and alcohol together kill more people every year than non-alcohol related traffic accidents
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Stritch University Instructor Kevin Nettesheim Intro to written communication April 17‚ 2013 Abstract Throughout history classism has played an important role in how people are perceived and treated. This goes as far as race‚ gender‚ financial status‚ and social class of individuals. For persons of any classification to prejudge another based on their background is morally and ethically incorrect‚ when God created man‚ he created man in his likeness. Therefore‚ I believe that no matter who you
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Samantha Amrhein Professors Bruski/ Dinan/ Wilkins EDU 107 November 16‚ 2011 Diversity Reflection Paper 1. Learning about socioeconomic status has given me a new perspective on people who are less fortunate and has taught me to become more empathetic towards others. Empathy is a very important skill to have when consulting with others. It allows you to feel what they are feeling while putting both of you on an even level. In my personal opinion I believe it is not morally right
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study of history. Conservative History is one historical interpretation of history which traces its foundation in the word ‘Conservatism’. Conservatism literary means preservation of what has always been tradition. It is an ideology which favours status quo and is very reluctant to accept change. Conservatives prefer having things continues as they have been in the past. Any drastic change to tradition is viewed with suspicion. According to this ideology‚ political and other human institutions have
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