Talk:Social inequality/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Weak Opening Clause

The opening clause should not define social inequality as a lack of social equality. It's not up to the standards of typical wikipedian openings. You could put it in the beginning of the next section like, "Social inequality can be interpreted as a lack of social equality," with some supporting sentences. Dfruzzetti (talk) 04:32, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Should this be considered fixed? "Social inequality refers to a situation in which certain groups in a society do not have equal social status." Balognaw (talk) 16:19, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Bias

The "Quotes" section shows an obvious bias towards anti "social inequality". Should be fixed, or the quotes should be removed. 193.190.253.160 (talk) 14:48, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

I removed them since they'd had a "transfer to wikiquotes" tag since 2008. Plenty of time for them to be transferred if anyone cared. The Literate Engineer (talk) 00:27, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Expansion of "Causes" Section

This section starts off by saying that the causes underlying social inequality are "broad and far reaching," but doesn't subsequently expand on these causes. The only cause of social inequality that is highlighted in this section is attributed to an unequal distribution of wealth, which is not the only reason social inequality exists in the world. More causes (such as social stratification)should be added to demonstrate the depth of the underlying reasons social inequality exists. B.chachere (talk) 03:41, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Class Inequality and Age

Race, Class, and Gender are often considered the main categories when studying and/or teaching about social inequality. This article needs to include a section on class-based inequalities that, for instance, addresses the variation in access to various forms of capital (economic/financial, social, cultural, human, etc.) that are present in different class positions. This might lead to including social mobility in that discussion. Furthermore, the section on Age needs a citation and more information, such as important studies and pertinent facts. Asdimd (talk) 01:03, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Moved content from Social equality

I believe this content is more pertinent to Social inequality, so I have copied it here without integrating it into this article.

A counterexample to social equality was the social inequality of medieval Europe, where a person's estate, which was usually inherited, determined the legal and social rights the person had. For example, clergy could claim the benefit of clergy to receive a more lenient punishment for a crime. Likewise, women have historically been and still are in some countries formally denied access to higher education—even if they could pay the tuition. In 19th century Europe, if female enrollment was even permitted, women had to apply for an "exemption from gender" to enroll in a university.

In apartheid-era South Africa, both blacks and whites had formal access to health care and similar public services. However, the segregated health care arranged for blacks did not meet the same standards as those for whites. That is, there was enforced social inequality.

In countries where social inequality is present, many social factors play a huge role in health and health care. Factors such as poverty, gender inequality, and racism contribute to a higher susceptibility to infection for individuals living in these conditions. It is known that HIV attacks the immune system in only one way, but it's outcome is strongly dependent on social forces. Moore et al. showed that race was strongly correlated to treatment when it came to sick individuals infected with HIV. Whites were more likely to receive ARTs, or other treatment before blacks when visiting an HIV clinic, regardless of severity.

Rgambord (talk) 19:19, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

References

Farmer, Paul E., Bruce Nizeye, Sara Stulac, and Salmaan Keshavjee. 2006. Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine. PLoS Medicine, 1686-1691.

Specific sentences are unencyclopedic

"Once able to work, women should be titled to the same job security and safe working environments as men."

"Until such safeguards are in place, women and girls will continue to experience not only barriers to work and opportunities to earn, but will continue to be the primary victims of discrimination, oppression, and gender based violence."

Misplaced Pages is not an advocacy platform. Our job is to report on what the UN said, not echo its statements. I would remove these statements outright, but they reference good sources, so please revise the sentences to restore neutrality, or I will do so when I find the time. Rgambord (talk) 19:56, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Major Re-Write

I will be working on a major re-write of this article over the next few weeks. If you have questions o suggestions, please leave a note on this talkpage. Regards, Meclee (talk) 15:49, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Last part

"Is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. Data on inequality is vital when considering poverty, as the overall distribution of resources in a country affects the extent and depth of poverty. This is important as the monetary poverty levels in the EU are calculated in relation to median income. Ex-In Saudi Arabia, women aren’t allowed to drive, or even ride bikes, and men aren’t allowed to drive women they’re not closely related to.ex2-Women’s unequal legal rights increase their vulnerability to violence."

What is this part? The first sentence is incomplete and it is formatted very strangely. Some kind of relic? 95.113.184.98 (talk) 11:03, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Article Review

I think this was a great thorough article. One way to make this article better would be to include a topic of sexual differences and the inequality experienced due to those differences. By adding that it does not leave that topic underrepresented as it currently is in this article. Because this type of inequality is not represented I would also comment that this article is out of date and needs to be updated with newer examples and information. Chem2017 (talk) 01:26, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Article Structure

I would consider restructuring this article for greater readability and increasing its robustness by adding a section for each education, family, religion, sexuality, the military, governance, and economics (a la "The Power Elite” by C. Wright Mills.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EnunciationOfTruth (talk • contribs) 06:59, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Food Deserts

I was interested to read about the "food" section, as I had never heard of the term "food deserts" before. My only question is, how exactly do food deserts impact childhood obesity? Are there any statistics to back this claim? Thanks! Brebarnard (talk) 03:32, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

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Inequality and Marxism

The page as it is suggests that Marxism criticises inequality. I think this is incorrect. I think the page on equality has it right on this particular point. I suggest deleting “Marxism” from the list of viewpoints critical of inequality.

(DouglasBell (talk) 18:32, 11 July 2018 (UTC))

Is poverty decreasing?

We could use some more eyes on this: Talk:List_of_common_misconceptions#poverty. Also, there is the question of whether the proposed misconception should be added to an article on poverty. --David Tornheim (talk) 02:05, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

Poverty

Is it decreasing or increasing OMGSOHARD (talk) 23:19, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

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