The Social Conflict Theory: Social Construction Theory

Social Construction Theory Sociological theories are statements of how and why particular facts about the social world are related. Some theories are based on things that have happened in the past, things that are going on a daily basis, or they can predict things that are to come in the future. The three theories of class include functionalism (essentialism), the conflict theory (social construction), and symbolic interaction (social construction). Functionalism supports the theory that inequality is necessary and good. It is the framework for building the theory that sees society as a complex system and how the parts of it come together as a whole to reach stability. This approach looks at the world on a macro level, which is a broad view

Everyone wants to be respected and it is believed that the reason for the most crimes is that people are not respected the way that they believe they should be. Violence as respect is how most people survive. They dress and act a certain way to intimidate people. They get in fights to show people how tough they are and that should be respected and not pushed around. Most people in the cities that get into fights and want to be respected are poor, African American, and men. Prostitution as violence against women is an example because they might not have another way of making money to support

People all act a certain way because of cultures and traditions. They grew up learning to belie a certain thing is right or wrong and they in turn pass that down to their children and so forth. These things all play a hue rule in shaping our society into what it has become today, some things for the better and some for the worst. The bottom line is that humans end up with who they are most similar to because that is where they feel they can be