Unit 19
In this essay I will be talking about the different impacts of seven social inequalities which exist in society today. I will be talking about the ways in which individuals in society are different by our:
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Culture
• Social Class
• Age
• Sexuality
• Disability
Sexuality - Sexuality is defined as a person’s sexual orientation or preference. It encompasses a broad range of behaviour and processes, including psychological, social, cultural, political and ethical aspects. It highlights:
• Values regarding relationships, dating, marriage, sexual ethics, sexual culture.
• Psychology in relation to gender, sexual roles
• Physical factors which include sexual characteristics, sexual drive, sexual intercourse, sexual activities
• Sexual orientation – a person’s sexual identity in relation to their gender to which they are attracted to. It is the fact of being heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual
One equality in society is that gay couples can adopt. A legislation was passed in 2005 which was turned down by the House of Lords in 2002. The social equality is that gay people cannot get married; this is because they have a civil partnership. It doesn’t have the same privileges as marriage. The impact that this could have on the individual is that they could feel marginalised. The outcome and impact it could have on the individuals is them feeling like they are being pushed to the edge of society and making them stand out so they could look different from everybody else who could legally be able to get married.
6 % of the population which equivalents to 3.6 million Britons are gay or lesbians. The government’s first attempt to quantify the homosexual population has concluded. Gay men who are couples earn more 6 % less than comparable heterosexual men and are less likely to be in work. Our Christian British society has suppressed sexuality and sought to regulate it. Some people may argue that it was done to maintain a system of a
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Culture
• Social Class
• Age
• Sexuality
• Disability
Sexuality - Sexuality is defined as a person’s sexual orientation or preference. It encompasses a broad range of behaviour and processes, including psychological, social, cultural, political and ethical aspects. It highlights:
• Values regarding relationships, dating, marriage, sexual ethics, sexual culture.
• Psychology in relation to gender, sexual roles
• Physical factors which include sexual characteristics, sexual drive, sexual intercourse, sexual activities
• Sexual orientation – a person’s sexual identity in relation to their gender to which they are attracted to. It is the fact of being heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual
One equality in society is that gay couples can adopt. A legislation was passed in 2005 which was turned down by the House of Lords in 2002. The social equality is that gay people cannot get married; this is because they have a civil partnership. It doesn’t have the same privileges as marriage. The impact that this could have on the individual is that they could feel marginalised. The outcome and impact it could have on the individuals is them feeling like they are being pushed to the edge of society and making them stand out so they could look different from everybody else who could legally be able to get married.
6 % of the population which equivalents to 3.6 million Britons are gay or lesbians. The government’s first attempt to quantify the homosexual population has concluded. Gay men who are couples earn more 6 % less than comparable heterosexual men and are less likely to be in work. Our Christian British society has suppressed sexuality and sought to regulate it. Some people may argue that it was done to maintain a system of a