ortunate. The wealthy schools are packed with well stocked libraries, and the poor schools are lucky to have up to date books. This not only causes conflict between the two "classes", but a high level of inequality as well. These elements of this society tend to contribute to the instability and inequality of this society.Symbolic Interactionism suggest that humans define situations upon past experiences, and then act on those definitions. The legitimacy of the stratification structure is established and perpetuated through teaching beliefs to the young and enforcing those beliefs. Children are taught that ones place in the stratification structure is the product of effort and the will to succeed. In the US most of our children are taught that in order to succeed, you must graduate from high school and attend college. Based on the author of "Imagine a Country", though a college degree is necessary, it is not always necessarily sufficient to earn a decent income. In order for these definitions to change, our self concepts have to change as well. The level of an individual's sense of self worth affects the amount of rewards the individual feels entitled to receive. Based on the cultural poverty theory, those born poor will continue to be poor, because that is what they were taught. Therefore, that person will not work as hard, and will continue to stay at the bottom of the stratification structure. If I were in the upper-upper class and had the authority and power, I would change the fact that the leading cause of injury is violence against women. Now this is assuming that I had that power, because there is really no reason to have so much domestic violence. Abuse on women accounts for more visits to the hospital emergency room than car crashes, muggings, and rapes combined. From a functionalists point of view, a society functions as a whole, which would not be possible without the women. We are half of the whole. Though I am taking thi...
