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Introduction to Sociology (Subculture and counterculture (Counterculture…
Introduction to Sociology
Week4
Status
Ascribed
Gender
Ethnicity
Achieved
Chef
President
Status symbols
Occupy a status
Daughter
Status inconsistency
Multiple statuses do not mesh with one another
Ranking high on some dimension of social status and low on others
Where someone with a certain ascribed
status achieved an inconsistent status
An old person (65) graduates with a degree from college
Upsets our expectations
Master status
Can be a filter through which other statuses are perceived
Like a disability, race-ethnicity, gender
Barack Obama: First black president
Halimah Yacob: First female president
Roles
Play a role
Expect parents to give me shelter and food
Parents expect respect from me
Student
Behaviour: Come on time
Privileges: Enjoy air-con
Role strain
Same social position imposes conflicting demands and expectations
Occurs when the demands of a particular role are such that the incumbent is hard-pressed (burdened with urgent business, troubled) to meet them all
Role conflict
Like when a mum whose employer requested her to work overtime
Father umpiring a game in which his son committed a foul
Subculture and counterculture
Culture is easier to describe than define
Subculture
May be based on shared ethnic or racial heritage, sexual orientation, age, hobbies, social class, political beliefs
Counterculture
Special form of subculture
Perceived to threaten dominant culture
ISIS, KKK, Terrorists, Nazi