Q2 UCSOP-Lesson 7

What did you remember about the social
stratification topic?
Were you able to find out your ascribed
and achieved status?
Were you able to look for rags to riches
story?
I hope that whatever you learn in the
previous topic will give you an inspiration
to become the best that you can be in the
future.
Social
Inequality
O Social- living together or enjoying life in
communities or organized groups
O The word social comes from the
Latin socius meaning "friend." When you're
being social, you're everyone's friend.
Synonyms: friendly characteristic of or
befitting a friend
O cultural, ethnic, ethnical denoting or deriving
from or distinctive of the ways of living built
up by a group of people
Inequality
 refers to the phenomenon of unequal
and/or unjust distribution of resources
and opportunities among members of a
given society.
the unfair situation in society when some

people have more opportunities, money,
etc. than other people
 an unfair situation in which some people have more

rights or better opportunities than other people
Social inequality
O is the existence of uneven
opportunities and rewards for a
diverse social positions or statuses
within a group or society.
O It happens when resources, in
whatever nature, are distributed
unevenly in most societies.
OSocial inequalities are correlated
also to gender inequality
(women and LGBT), ethnic
minorities, racial inequality and
persons with disabilities, etc.
O Gender and sexual orientation has been a subject in inequality.
What is sexual orientation?
O Sexual orientation is about who you’re attracted to and want to have relationships with.
Sexual orientations include gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, and asexual.
O Sexual orientation is different from gender and gender identity.

O Sexual orientation is about who you’re attracted to and who you feel drawn to
romantically, emotionally, and sexually.
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sexual-
orientation/sexual-orientation
O It’s different than gender identity.
O Gender identity isn’t about who you’re attracted to,
but about who you ARE — male, female, genderqueer,
etc.
O This means that being transgender (feeling
like your assigned sex is very different from
the gender you identify with) isn’t the same
thing as being gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Sexual
orientation is about who you want to be with.
Gender identity is about who you are.
O Traditionally, women were regarded as placed in
the lower social status in the society compared to
men.
O Men were accorded to have more social and
political rights. In these modern societies, though
there are already many women representations in
the civil society, the culture of stereotyping is still
evident. They are also subjected to abuse and
violence.
O A similar situation is also
experienced by the LGBT (lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender)
community whose gender
preferences are subject to
discrimination in the society.
Ethnic minorities
O Ethnic minorities, as we usually call them
taga-bukid (from the hinterlands), are also
subject to social discrimination – the
cultural marginalization that they
experience from the dominant majority.
They are also victims of stereotyping, abuse
and violence.
O
Persons with disabilities (PWD) or
differently-abled persons
O Persons with disabilities (PWD) or

differently-abled persons are also victims of
inequality and deprived of the opportunities in
the society especially in the employment
sector due to their physical impairments.
O Minorities in the social structure. Members of the
society that have more power than others are called
dominant members. Dominant members set the
standards in the society. They enjoy more privileges
such as better houses, better schools, and higher
income. On the other hand, those who are barred
from such privileges and opportunities are called the
minorities. They are usually denied by the equal
treatment of the majorities or dominant.
O
O Discrimination and prejudice.
Discrimination happens when minorities are
being deprived of equal treatment and are kept
in a lower status by the dominant members of
the society and the resistance of equality.
O Prejudice is defined as a negative attitude
toward the members of a particular group.
It is a prejudgement of others that allows us
to brand or label them in various negative
ways.
O Stereotyping refers to our
tendency to picture all members
of a particular category as having
the same qualities. Usually,
stereotyping is a result of over
generalization.
Ethnocentrism
O Ethnocentrism is the belief that our
nation, race, or group is the best or
superior than others.
Scapegoating
O Scapegoating. This is a situation when people
encounter problems that they do not know
how to solve it.
O Often they feel frustrated and eventually it
leads to aggression.
O When it happens, people usually look
someone or something else to be blamed for
their own troubles or problems.
O Racism.
O It is the belief that one’s own race is
superior and has the right to control or
direct others.
There are ways to address this social
inequality issues
O First, there should be enough laws to
protect these vulnerable groups in the
society.
O If laws are already made available,
execution of these laws should be
strengthened.
O Another way is to promote programs
and projects from the government
and non-government organizations
for these groups.
O Educate the public, in whatever
avenue, to address the culture of
social inequality.

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What did you remember about the social

the unfair situation in society when some

 an unfair situation in which some people have more

O Sexual orientation is different from gender and gender identity.

O Persons with disabilities (PWD) or

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