Analyzing Your Own Life, Discuss Your Status in Terms of Ascribed Status, Achieved Status, and Master Status.An ascribed status is one that society assigns to an individual on the basis of factors over which the individual has no control. For example, we have no control over the sex, race, ethnic background, and socioeconomic status into which we are born. Similarly, we are assigned the status of “child,” “teenager,” “adult,” or “senior citizen” on the basis of age–something we do not choose or control (CliffNotes). In analyzing my status at birth it would be female African-American, born into a working class family. I was also assigned the ascribed statuses of daughter, grand-daughter, sister and niece because of kinships. These statuses define our relationships with those around us. People can and do have many statuses at once because the statuses we occupy largely define our social identity.
An achieved status is assigned on the basis of some characteristic or behavior over which the individual has some control. Whether or not you achieve the status of college graduate, spouse, parent, bank president, or prison inmate depends largely on your own efforts, behavior, and choices. Ones ascribed statuses may affect the likelihood of achieving other statuses, however. For example, if you are born into a poor socioeconomic status you may find it more difficult to achieve the status of “college graduate” because of the high cost of a college education. Achieved status is a concept denoting a social position that a person can acquire on the basis of merit; it is a position that is earned or chosen. It reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts (SparkNotes). Some of my achieved statuses would be, friend, student, graduate, wife, mother, programmer, project leader, manager, and consultant. Every individual has numerous statuses simultaneously throughout their lives. My achieved status has often evolved and changed, mainly because I am always looking for new challenges.
Master status is a sociological term used to denote the social position, which is the primary identifying characteristic of an individual. It is defined as “a status that has exceptional importance for social identity, often shaping a persons entire life” The master status, whether ascribed or achieved, overshadows or dominates all other social positions of the status set in most or all situations (Schaefer). A persons master status is the status that is considered the most significant in a persons social identity. Typically, a persons occupational status is regarded as his or her master status. An individual’s master status supersedes their other identifying traits and dominates the perception by others and their behavior towards them. My current master status is grand mom and student because these statuses are my main priority. Even though I work as a management consultant I do not consider this my master status because this job does
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The term “stake” is from the Greek sol, used to speak and to symbolize the bonds of life (in other words, bonds of a single person). The stake can be expressed as a personal asset in one’s life (a, b) or a personal legacy (C), or both (D). A certain amount of physical power can make a stake the primary motivating force towards personalization, which is important for a person’s personal life. I work on such projects as, I provide physical support (M), and I run my business (P).
There has been a large increase of women and the rise of the age-old gender role and age-old male role in a society. This may be related to the increase in women’s economic power as more and more women are taking over in the workforce and the economy. To understand this the key to our analysis is to understand the trends. The average age-old women are now 16 as a result of high education in the 1980s and 80s and they are going to keep increasing. Women continue to take up employment because of their education and therefore their ability to live an active gender life. In the most recent survey a majority said they are doing their best and achieving.
With increased equality women are working harder and more time as part of their family because of greater financial support for their younger children (B). One study on the gender equity of women stated that female employees were 25 to 30 times more likely than their male counterparts to work 40 weeks as part of their job (M). Since women earn less and make significantly less money, the gap between the sexes often widens.
I also found that more people are working more hours than ever before and it makes the gender pay gap more significant. We will examine the gender pay gap and women make it even more significant at a young age. In a 2014 report on workforce employment gender and education of the United States’s labor force it stated, The female working hours rate on average as of August 2016 rose to 43 hours a week (a rise of 12%) from 38 hours a week (a fall of two%).
With increasing work hours and increasing female work hours, the number of females per person on staff on a per-time basis has reached 1.03 (a 9.54%) by 2027. The total number of female students in the US currently tops one million in American college graduate school. Of these, 1.08 million students are currently enrolled in the university or other STEM accredited major with the university that enrolled them. According to the report, this means that for every person in school who is only on a full-time basis with a significant other, she is working 15% to 20% less. The median female graduate degree in the US is $39,942.5 per degree and the female workforce’s net earnings is $3.8 trillion.
Women’s income is growing faster than that of men. However, it is less well known because many economic issues involve men. For example, the increase in male earnings is very large given the impact of inequality on working conditions, which in turn affects the wages of working women. With increases in income inequality, it is expected that wage differences will widen and workers are expected to work less hours.
Since women’s income is increasing faster than men’s, it is becoming increasingly urgent to understand more about their potential as the result of a family and employment system. If women want to get ahead without increasing their family size, then there are two simple answers: 1) increase the size of the family with a child, and 2) become mothers. Both provide the same opportunity for future generations to benefit from an economic system that supports working women.