The social status and it's importance:
The question arise in our mind is that why do people value status?Status is person's condition, position or standing relative to that of others.Social status can be understood as the degree of honor or prestige attached to one's position in society. Social stratification is associated with the ability of individuals to live up to some set of ideals or principles regarded as important by the society or some social groups within it.
Anderson says status is considered universally important because it influences how people think and behave. "Establishing that desire for status is a fundamental human motive matters because status differences can be demoralizing," says Anderson.
We all want high social status.Social status, also called status, the relative rank that an individual holds, with attendant rights, duties, and lifestyle, in a social hierarchy based upon honour or prestige.
Social status and social role :
Social roles are expectations that are supposed to known, and enforced on individuals for society to accept them. A social status is the group into which a person belongs and how they are categorized by society. Social Status determines a person's importance and power in society.
Biological effects of status:
Status gains increase feel-good hormones and neurotransmitters like testosterone, serotonin, and dopamine, making us feel on top of the world. Status defeats, on the other hand, elevate one's stress hormones and suppress cognition, the immune system, and even fertility.
Your status is your social or professional position
Being in a position of power is an example of having status.
The role is in fact the action aspect of status. In involves various types of actions that a person has to perform in accordance with the expectations of the society. These actions are dependent not on the individual's will but on the social sanction.Social status refers to the level of prestige, privilege, and honor someone is perceived to have in society. Examples of social status include your profession, clothing, car, political affiliation, postcode, and affiliation to schools, groups, or organizations.
Socioeconomic status is the social standing or class of an individual or group. It is often measured as a combination of education, income and occupation. Examinations of socioeconomic status often reveal inequities in access to resources, plus issues related to privilege, power and control.
Expressing three fundamental mechanisms of inter- generational transmission of economic status: genetic, cultural and asset-based. The lowest economic status is poverty, which is heavily influenced by education and thus influences social and work status. Poverty can be defined as insufficient resources to meet basic human needs. These needs include access to shelter, clean water, education, food, health care and clothing.
The three different socioeconomic status:
Socioeconomic status is typically broken into three levels (high, middle, and low) to describe the three places a family or an individual may fall in relation to others. Recently, there has been increasing interest from researchers on the subject of economic inequality and its relation to the health of populations.
Current scenario of status and role of women in India:
Women exercise their right to vote, contest for Parliament and Assembly, seek appointment in public offices and compete in other spheres of life with men. This shows that women in India enjoy today more liberty and equality than before. They have acquired more liberty to participate in the affairs of the country. Thus, women enjoy equal respect and dignity in the family. Women in free India also enjoy equal pay for equal work in comparison to men. Also, there are provisions for maternity leave for them. Furthermore, females are provided equality of opportunity under Article 16 of the Constitution of India.
Information compiled by Dr. Bhairavsinh Raol
