how does the social status of an indivizual affect his or her economic condition
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2) This economic status caused inequalities among other castes of the people. The life of Shudras or untouchables were very worst. They were not allowed to enter temples, has to do menial jobs, they were not allowed to enter the region of upper castes etc. Their life was like that of slaves. They have to serve upper caste sections of society like Kshatriyas, Brahmanas etc
3) During the ancient times, untouchables were oppressed of their privileges like education, freedom of movement within the territory, etc by upper caste sections of society
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Social status is the position or rank of a person or group, within the society.
Status can be determined in two ways. One can earn their social status by their own achievements, which is known asachieved status. Alternatively, one can be placed in the stratification system by their inherited position, which is calledascribed status.
An embodied status is one that is generated by physical characteristics located within our physical selves (such as beauty, physical disability, stature, build).
The status that is the most important for an individual at a given time is called master status
) Caste system of India was based on the occupation of people and it was termed as varna system. As per this system, Kshatriyas and Brahmanas were considered as upper castes while Vaishyas and Shudras were regarded as lower castes
2) This economic status caused inequalities among other castes of the people. The life of Shudras or untouchables were very worst. They were not allowed to enter temples, has to do menial jobs, they were not allowed to enter the region of upper castes etc. Their life was like that of slaves. They have to serve upper caste sections of society like Kshatriyas, Brahmanas etc
3) During the ancient times, untouchables were oppressed of their privileges like education, freedom of movement within the territory, etc by upper caste sections of society
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Social status is the position or rank of a person or group, within the society.
Status can be determined in two ways. One can earn their social status by their own achievements, which is known asachieved status. Alternatively, one can be placed in the stratification system by their inherited position, which is calledascribed status.
An embodied status is one that is generated by physical characteristics located within our physical selves (such as beauty, physical disability, stature, build)