Where can we find stratification in the United States?

Answer the following questions in detail for full credit: Reading Response 8 Social Stratification 1st Question 1) Where can we find stratification in the United States? 2) What, if anything, should the United States and the United Nations try to do about the slavery that still exists in today’s world? 3) What are the arguments for each theoretical perspective on social stratification? Which one of these theories makes the most sense to you? Why? 4) What is socio-economic status? Why is it so important in determining someone’s life chance? 5) What is economic inequality? How do we know economic inequality exist in this country? 6) It is Thanksgiving dinner, and your family and other relatives are gathered around a very large table. Having taken a few sociology courses, you subscribe to the structural explanation for poverty presented in this chapter. One of your cousins asks if you have any career plans after college, and you reply that you’re thinking of becoming a community activist in your home state to help the poor deal with the many problems they have. Your cousin is surprised to hear this and says that poor people are just lazy and don’t like to work. A silence sets over the table, and everyone is staring at you, wondering what you will say in response to your cousin. What do you say? 7) Pick 2 of the middle ground videos in this section and explain your feelings toward the video. Were there any questions that stood out the most to you? How does your video relate to this section? *Remember, the middle ground clips are meant to provide several perspectives on controversial social issues. You may or may not agree with anyone within these episodes. Use your sociological imagination to try to understand why each individual has the opinion that they have to guide your thought process while watching.** 2 nd Question Inequalities of Gender Answer the following questions in detail for full credit 1) Watch the first 20 minutes of Gender Code under this section. How is gender fluidity defined? Find something new you learned about any concept related to this section after watching this documentary. What did you learn? 2) What gender stereotypes influence your life? How do you know? 3) What are gender roles? Watch the 4 videos on slide 24 (or 25). Which advertisement or movie clip stood out to you the most? How could these videos potentially perpetuate gender roles in society? Which gender roles did you find in those clips? 4) What is gender stratification? Where can you find gender stratification in your life? 5) Watch one of the middle ground videos in this section. Which response stands out the most to you? How can you relate to this response? *Remember, the middle ground clips are meant to provide several perspectives on controversial social issues. You may or may not agree with anyone within these episodes. Use your sociological imagination to try to understand why each individual has the opinion that they have to guide your thought process while watching.**