Activity:

I’ll show you a picture

then give me the
meaning of each
picture.
Explaining Social Inequality:
Access to
Social and Gender Inequality
When you hear the word Inequality
what comes into your mind?
• Social inequality- the existence of
unequal opportunities and rewards for
different social positions or statuses
within a group or society.
• Gender Inequality - unequal treatment or
perceptions of individuals based on their
gender. Thus giving them unequal
opportunities.
•Who is better in budgeting,
male or female? Explain
•Who can handle stress better,male
or female? Defend your answer?
• Gender stereotypes -simplistic generalizations
about the gender attributes, differences, and
roles of individuals and/or groups. Stereotypes
can be positive or negative, but they rarely
communicate accurate information about
others. This leads to gender inequality.
•Sex(male and female)
- biological
differences;
chromosomes,
hormonal profiles,
internal and external
sex organs.
•Gender (masculine and feminine) -
describes the characteristics that a
society or culture delineates as
masculine or feminine.
 Theories on Inequality

• 1.Conflict Theory
• -Society is divided into two
groups: masses and elite
who exploit them
• -Stresses that social
inequality and conflict
between the dominant elite
and the masses.
•-It sees the negative side of the society.
•Karl Marx- introduced the idea about class
struggles, and conflict is the main source of
social change.
 Structural-Functional Theory
• -Each society must
• (a) place individuals in social positions and
• (b) motivate them to work.
• -Each role has levels of difficulty, and task with higher level of
difficulty entails more wealth, power and money.
• -Men have a higher place in social stratification because the
male dominated culture has been implanted in the human mind.
• -A wealthier family has higher capacity of accomplishing their
roles because of its higher income.
• Because of social stratification, some qualified
people were _______ higher-level job positions.

a)denied the opportunity to obtain

b)encouraged to train for
c)often fired from
d)forced into
 3. Symbolic-Interactional Theory
• -Interactionist often consider the
question of how power is exchanged
in a situation.
• The interactionist perspective on
inequality looks at how certain social
roles have more power or authority
than others.
• -Micro-interactions all have the ability
to reinforce or undermine power and
status differentials. Thus, social
stratification is a result of these
individual interactions.
• -The concept of social roles which is one's position and responsibilities in society,
which are largely determined in modern developed nations by occupation and family
position.
• George Herbert Mead- believed that a person develops self-`awareness and
personality only by interaction
• through symbols and language.
• Max Weber
• Social action-a person intends to act in a way that others expect.
• Erving Goffman
• Dramaturgical approach – people present themselves in everyday life in order to
manage impressions
• they give to others.
• Studied non-observance- interactions that are embarrassing should not be discussed.
• Shall we blame the government for problems
arising due to social inequality?

• How can you promote gender equality as student?

• Shall we blame the government for problems arising due to social inequality?
• We can say that the government may be blamed but not everything can be provided
by the government. Even if, the government comes up will all the necessary solutions
to eradicate social inequality but the people are not willing to participate nothing
good will happen. It is a collective effort of all the people of this world.
• 
• How can you promote gender equality as student?
• I can promote gender equality as a student by being respectful and loving to all
people who have different gender preferences. I will also see to it that I do not
underestimate the capabilities of those belonging to other sexes.
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Thank You For Listening!