Description Of Social Class On Someone s Life Dramatically

Description of Social Class Social status or placement can impact someone’s life dramatically. â€Å"Social class determines where people will live, how well educated they may be, their occupation, their physical health, their mental health, the forms of recreation they enjoy, their social networks, their political views, their attitudes toward childrearing, and how long they may live.† (Vissing, 2011) It also plays a big role in how people view themselves, as well as how others view them. Social class can also play a role in the potential of how successful someone can be. â€Å"Class is a large group of people who share common economic resources that influence the kind of lifestyle they are able to live.† (Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum, Carr 195)†¦show more content†¦It provided data on how often gender, race, and social class inequalities were discussed in the classroom and textbooks. While gender stratification was discussed the most, it was clear th at all types of social stratification still exist today. â€Å"59 percent of the gender and socialization citations directed the readers to the inequality sections of the textbook, particularly the gender chapter. This suggests that socialization plays more of an explanatory role in gender inequality in introductory textbooks than it does for race or class.† (Puentes, Gougherty 163) If this information was not available in textbooks or discussed in classrooms, then you could go as far to say that social stratification did not exist. Another article I researched talked about how most authors focused on gender rather than social class. There is a significant lack of information pertaining to social class and a greater emphasis on gender. â€Å"However, differences in socialization by class were not used to explain class inequality or the reproduction of the class structure; instead, the focus tended to be on the uneven distribution of economic resources and opportunities. Whe n class socialization was discussed, it was likely to be several paragraphs instead of the several pages that were devoted to gender socialization in the gender chapters.† (Puentes, Gougherty 164) Description of Education