Sociology in Prejudice

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There are three types of sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism (Henslin, 2012). Functionalism is viewed as how a different people of society have different jobs, but altogether they make up the societal equilibrium (Henslin, 2012). The conflict theory is where different groups are competing for different resources (Henslin, 2012). Symbolic interactionism uses symbols and uses them to interact with others, create their own views, and establish their own meanings (Henslin, 2012). Prejudice is when people already have their own opinions or attitude about a race, gender, nationality, etc. (Henslin, 2012). Defining prejudice in a sociological way produces a different thought as to how people see prejudicial views. Functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism are a great way to show the different types of prejudices. Functionalism shapes bigotry by social environment (Henslin, 2012). According to Henslin, functionalism creates in-group unanimity, and/or it destroys human relationships (2012). McGlothlin and Killen (2006, 2012) explain how children from heterogeneous school are less prejudiced than children attending heterogeneous schools. Many people grow up in a heterogeneous school from kindergarten and up. The girls would scream and run away from the boys because boys had “cooties.” Then the boys would chase the girls around the playground to affect the girls with “cooties.” All the girls had a mindset about the boys and as well as the boys. From an early age, girls are told that boys are “icky” or that they have “cooties.” So some girls become prejudice against the boys from a young and early age. In heterogeneous schools, the mentality against the opposite gender sky... ... middle of paper ... ...rent prejudice areas have a huge impact on people’s daily lives. Women are struggle at work more than men because of their gender. People tend to be more biased in their younger years and then they tend to continue that as they are older and in school. Many people face the affects of prejudicial views and are harassed or abused because of it. How do people let themselves make up their own prejudicial views without actually experiencing any problems with others? Works Cited Brinkman, B., Garcia, K., & Rickard, K. (2011). 'What I wanted to do was...' Discrepancies Between College Women's Desired and Reported Responses to Gender Prejudice. Sex Roles, 65(5/6), 344-355. Henslin, J. (2012). Essentials of sociology: a down-to-earth approach. (10th ed., p. 16-21). Pearson Inc. McGlothlin, H., & Killen, M. (2010). How social experience is related to children’s intergroup

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