Tracing the Roots of Human Inequality

To pinpoint the age of inequality within the human race would be a daunting task, and older than the human species itself. An egalitarian social system, where all members of that society are treated as equals, and offered equal opportunities, has never been known (Lenski, 2013). To examine Homo neanderthalensis through to the modern man, they differentiate in regard to the advancement in technology and social characteristics (Ames, 2007). The need for power, strength and wealth, depicted often by social class and gender has always been apparent, undoubtedly even the Neanderthal man would be judged on these attributes. The stifling inequality that is embedded within our social systems today, creating prejudice and discrimination, as society places its members into groups (Glick & Fiske, 2001). These differing groups of society usually have conflicted beliefs and separated from ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, age and political beliefs. An individual can automatically be placed in a group based on their attributes and contribution to that group, and usually have a

The term homophobia has been coined by George Weinberg in the late 1960’s to define the dislike or prejudice against a person who is, or perceived to be homosexual . Throughout history, and to the present day homosexuals do not fit into the traditional concept of heterosexuality by majority groups within society (Legato, 2011). Some evidence suggests the label of ‘gay men and lesbians’, and ‘homosexuals’, are imbued with different meanings. Connell (1992) noted the label of ‘homosexual’ as a noun, reduces sexual orientation to a human being that is frequently associated with mental illness and alcoholics as a deviant group; evidenced in the work of sociology of deviants. This is less true for the label of ‘gay men and