Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Gender and Sexuality
Race, ethnicity, sex, gender, and sexuality are important ideas in sociology that help explain how people experience life differently. Race is a social idea based on physical traits like skin color, while ethnicity is about culture, traditions, and background. Sex refers to biological differences, and gender is about the roles and expectations society places on people. Sexuality describes who people are attracted to and how they identify. These ideas are connected and often affect how people are treated in society. Some groups may have more advantages, while others face unfair treatment or discrimination. Sociologists use different perspectives to understand these inequalities. Functionalism says society works like a system where each part has a purpose, but this can also allow inequality to continue. Conflict theory focuses on power and explains that some groups have more control and use it to stay in power. Symbolic interactionism looks at everyday interactions and how people create...