Differences and inequalities highlight the making and remaking of society and social lives. Society is not a separate entity but is made up of interactions, connection and relationship between groups, self, objects and environment.
Differences are contrast based on age, disability, wealth, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, race and class. Social identities are differences that pinpoint the sense of self, emerging from early experiences that form the basis of interactions. It is malleable, multiple and complex affecting social context and cultural norms. However, certain aspects of identity are shown at birth, such as sex and physical appearances. Others such as faith and class inherited from family or culture. Faith, nationality and gender can be actively reassigned later in life, depending on personal circumstances or preferences. For example, In Connecting Lives (The Open University, 2014a) Monique Waheed has multiple identities, she was born a Christian and later chooses her identity as a Muslim. She also chose two different work identities: dentistry, and charity shop. She also has an identity as a mother, staying at home to look after her daughter until she was seven years old. Identities have legal status too such as nationality and immigration. Some differences associate with Inequality, which are constraints an individual or group encounters whilst accessing resources resulting from some groups having more prominent roles that favours the interests of one group than others. Stereotype and in-group bias disrupt connections. This has implications on identity because of its probable negative value that emits prejudice and discrimination. “Psychologists use the term label to refer to an identity that is negatively valued and generally imposed by one person on another, rather than chosen” (Harvard, 2014, p.76). Prejudice is evident via how John Arthur is treated by some locals. In Connecting Lives (The Open University, 2014a) John explains that “He is labelled as a homeless person who is responsible for his own situation rather than an individual with his own history of misfortunes and abused by people bouncing bottles off his head.” Discrimination, on the other hand, evident via locals identifying Nof as an outsider rather than British due to his colour and accent. Prejudice and discrimination thrive in environments where both are perceived to be a social norm. Barriers are extraordinarily subtle and though it appears like groups are granted empowerment and choices, it’s …show more content…
For example, Disabilities such as learning impairments have a high dependence on professionals, people with effective social roles or expertise, that exercise authority to affect the quality of vulnerable lives. Most with disabilities experience prevalent disempowering labels such that self-identity is contradicted by the attitudes of others. In Connecting Lives (The Open University,2014a) Stephen Sweetman is familiar with the stigma, labels and constraints in society thus at first, rejects the identity of having a disability. This emphasises on how important people’s bodies can be in the connections people make with the places they live despite having lasting relationships and how can this be disrupted when people's body change. Stephan feels excluded for 2 years and explains how it’s difficult to move around in wheelchair especially when physical environment is not for wheelchair access. Foremost, through time and support of his family and empowerment, Stephen establishes new connections. He will be a great activist due to his experiences on inequality, differences and change in
Differences are contrast based on age, disability, wealth, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, race and class. Social identities are differences that pinpoint the sense of self, emerging from early experiences that form the basis of interactions. It is malleable, multiple and complex affecting social context and cultural norms. However, certain aspects of identity are shown at birth, such as sex and physical appearances. Others such as faith and class inherited from family or culture. Faith, nationality and gender can be actively reassigned later in life, depending on personal circumstances or preferences. For example, In Connecting Lives (The Open University, 2014a) Monique Waheed has multiple identities, she was born a Christian and later chooses her identity as a Muslim. She also chose two different work identities: dentistry, and charity shop. She also has an identity as a mother, staying at home to look after her daughter until she was seven years old. Identities have legal status too such as nationality and immigration. Some differences associate with Inequality, which are constraints an individual or group encounters whilst accessing resources resulting from some groups having more prominent roles that favours the interests of one group than others. Stereotype and in-group bias disrupt connections. This has implications on identity because of its probable negative value that emits prejudice and discrimination. “Psychologists use the term label to refer to an identity that is negatively valued and generally imposed by one person on another, rather than chosen” (Harvard, 2014, p.76). Prejudice is evident via how John Arthur is treated by some locals. In Connecting Lives (The Open University, 2014a) John explains that “He is labelled as a homeless person who is responsible for his own situation rather than an individual with his own history of misfortunes and abused by people bouncing bottles off his head.” Discrimination, on the other hand, evident via locals identifying Nof as an outsider rather than British due to his colour and accent. Prejudice and discrimination thrive in environments where both are perceived to be a social norm. Barriers are extraordinarily subtle and though it appears like groups are granted empowerment and choices, it’s …show more content…
For example, Disabilities such as learning impairments have a high dependence on professionals, people with effective social roles or expertise, that exercise authority to affect the quality of vulnerable lives. Most with disabilities experience prevalent disempowering labels such that self-identity is contradicted by the attitudes of others. In Connecting Lives (The Open University,2014a) Stephen Sweetman is familiar with the stigma, labels and constraints in society thus at first, rejects the identity of having a disability. This emphasises on how important people’s bodies can be in the connections people make with the places they live despite having lasting relationships and how can this be disrupted when people's body change. Stephan feels excluded for 2 years and explains how it’s difficult to move around in wheelchair especially when physical environment is not for wheelchair access. Foremost, through time and support of his family and empowerment, Stephen establishes new connections. He will be a great activist due to his experiences on inequality, differences and change in