SOC-220. Social Inequality Worksheet. Social Sciences. Coursework

SOCIAL INEQUALITY WORKSHEET
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Question 1
Relating alcoholism to social inequality on micro and macro levels is a common phenomenon that has gained attention over the years. Social inequality on micro and macro level perpetuates alcoholism in different ways. A study by Grittner et al. (2013) reveals on a macro level, a consistent pattern from their study was that people with higher social-economic status are “more often drinkers and drink smaller amounts more frequently, whereas those in lower SES groups have a higher proportion of abstainers but those who do drink do so more often in a problematic way.” Factors considered to lead to this relation are employments status, people of higher social-economic classes have good employment that gives them good earning, presenting them with the ability to have enough money to spare. Low social-economic classes have low chances of affording alcohol due to low income. Also, it is perceived that education is enlightenment that saves most people of higher social-economic status from problematic drinking like in the case of low social-economic partners.
Question 2
Discrimination is a major detriment of social equality. Discrimination of individual is the prejudicial treatment of an individual base on their supposed affiliation to a given group. Individual discrimination, as well as institutional discrimination, encourages social inequality. Individual discrimination in places of work, for instance, discourages or harms the feeling of others. Institutional discrimination, on the other hand, could be in the form of gender discrimination where an institution only encourages the employment of a specific gender, race or specific ethnic group. When other groups are left unemployed there is...