Social Class Identity Formation Quiz

Social Class Identities

• General groupings of class identities include traditional working-class, new working class, and upper-class identities.
• Traditional working-class identities are primarily associated with industrial and manual labor.

Emergence of New Working Class

• The decline of industrial jobs and the rise of the service sector have led to the emergence of a new working class.

Upper-Class Identities

• Upper-class identities are based on wealth, power, and privilege.

Global Wealth Distribution

• The richest 1% own approximately 39% of the total global wealth.
• The United States has 60% of the richest 1% of the global wealth residing in it.
• In the UK, the wealthiest 1% of the population own approximately 23% of the country's total wealth.

Income Gap in India

• The income gap between the top 10% and the bottom 10% of wage-earners in India is around 1:22.

Gender Identities

• Connell et al. (1987) argue that gender identities are multiple, complex, and contradictory.
• The two dominant gender identities identified by Connell (1995) are hegemonic and subordinated masculinities.
• Complicit masculinities refer to forms of masculinity that comply with hegemonic masculinity.
• Young boys aged 11 to 14 negotiate their gender identities through peer relationships, family, and media.
• The three main forms of feminine identity in contemporary societies according to Oakley are: emphasized femininity, ambivalent femininity, and resistant femininity.
• Assertive femininities involve feminist and empowering forms of femininity.
• Girls and boys are socialized differently into gendered roles, with girls encouraged to be nurturing and boys encouraged to be aggressive.
• Marginalised masculinities refer to forms of masculinity that are devalued or stigmatised.