Social Roles and Problems

A status is a positional occupation of a person in a group that is relative to others, an achieved status is one that is chosen by a person or an individual earns it. It can only be possible in a society where one has some degree of control and choice. Ascribed status is one that is neither earned or even chosen by ones self, such as at birth you are born a male or else you are a female.

Taking into consideration of my ascribed status as a female child of Latin race, a daughter to my parents, and a sister to my siblings, they stand to be unchanged all through my lifeline since those are distinct features I was born with. Being a friend to my group members, a student and a classmate to my fellow colleagues at school, this are my achieved statuses since all of them were acquired as I grew since birth and they can change according to time and place. Lifestyle might also influence ones status since at certain condition can prevent a person from changing from a certain status to a very different one. As I grow up I might acquire other status like being a Mother, which is an ascribed status, and due to my career ambitions, I might as well be an employee of a particular company, which will create another achieved status in my lifeline. Being a daughter and sister in the family, it gives me an important role to play within the society since I have to respect my parents and siblings and love them as well; this creates a good relationship within the family. Being a student and a classmate to my fellow colleagues, I need to create a friendly condition that my fellow students can interact with me without any fear. I have to love and respect these friends without any favor, this will create a better image towards other members within the soci...

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...ines that drive their belief. This creates a conflict to the individuals whereby one does not understand on which role h or she should be playing.

It is evident that social roles are always flexible and they can change despite the time or place one is located. We are not required to play the norms assigned to us with high sense of conformity. Instead, each person does a different role assigned to him or her depending on the social status, norms, resources or punishment evoked by our role performance from others.

are always flexible and they can change despite the time or place one is located. We are not required to play the norms assigned to us with high sense of conformity. Instead, each person does a different role assigned to him or her depending on the social status, norms, resources or punishment evoked by our role performance from others.

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