"Social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories."
A form of social stratification based on economic and occupational status, income, education, and lifestyle, often characterized by different levels of power, prestige, and privilege.
Gender: Understanding the social and cultural aspects of male and female identities and how they are constructed, expressed, and maintained in a given society.
Sexuality: Exploring how different expressions of sexuality are viewed by society and the ways in which they are regulated by cultural norms and laws.
Race: Understanding the ways in which race, ethnicity, and skin color affect life chances and opportunities, and how they intersect with other social identities.
Class: Examining how economic status and material resources influence one's position in society, including access to education, healthcare, political power, and other opportunities.
Ableism: Examining the ways in which disability is stigmatized and marginalized, and how people with disabilities experience social exclusion and discrimination.
Age: Understanding how people's perceptions and treatment of one another are affected by differences in age and the role of age in shaping individuals' experiences and social identities.
Intersectionality: Examining how multiple facets of identity intersect and interact with one another, shaping individuals' experiences of power, privilege, and marginalization.
Heteronormativity: Understanding how cultural expectations and norms reinforce the idea that heterosexuality is the only acceptable sexual orientation and how this marginalizes people who identify as LGBTQ+.
Feminism: Examining how people's ways of thinking and acting are shaped by gender and the historical struggle for gender equality.
Masculinities: Examining how traditional social expectations of masculinity shape men's behaviour and experiences and how these expectations intersect with other identities.
Sex and Gender-based Classes: Classes that explore the impact of social constructs of gender and sex on individuals and society, including the intersection with other identities such as race and class.
Queer Theory Classes: Classes that examine the ways in which heteronormativity shapes societal expectations around gender and sexuality, and how individuals who do not conform to these expectations face social and political marginalization.
Feminist Classes: Classes that analyze key theories of feminism and their impact on political activism and social justice movements, as well as the intersection of gender with other systems of oppression.
LGBTQIA+ Classes: Classes that provide a historical, cultural, and social perspective on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual/aromantic communities and their struggles for equal rights and recognition.
Sexuality Politics Classes: Classes that investigate the ways in which sexual norms and expectations have been influenced by cultural, political, and historical events, and how they intersect with other forms of discrimination, exclusion, and violence.
Gender Studies Classes: Classes that examine the ways in which gender shapes the way we think, feel, and act, and the various ways in which gender intersects with race, class, sexuality, and nationality to create unique experiences of privilege and oppression.
Intersectionality Classes: Classes that explore the concept of intersectionality: The ways in which different aspects of identity intersect, overlap, and create unique experiences of privilege and oppression, particularly for those who are marginalized by multiple identities.
Masculinities Studies Classes: Classes that examine how expectations around masculinity and male identity shape social attitudes, behaviors, and practices, and how these norms intersect with other forms of power and privilege.
Black and Women of Color Feminism Classes: Classes that explore the perspectives and experiences of Black and Women of Color feminists and their contributions to the history of feminism, including how these perspectives have been marginalized within mainstream feminist discourse.
Global Gender and Sexuality Classes: Classes that examine the ways in which gender and sexuality intersect with culture, race, and globalization to create unique experiences of oppression and resistance worldwide.
"The most common [social classes] being the upper, middle, and lower classes."
"Membership in a social class can, for example, be dependent on education, wealth, occupation, income, and belonging to a particular subculture or social network."
"The term 'class' is a subject of analysis for sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, and social historians."
"There is no broad consensus on a definition of 'class'."
"Some people argue that due to social mobility, class boundaries do not exist."
"Academics distinguish social class from socioeconomic status, using the former to refer to one's relatively stable sociocultural background and the latter to refer to one's current social and economic situation which is consequently more changeable over time."
"Karl Marx thought 'class' was defined by one's relationship to the means of production."
"The proletariat work but do not own the means of production, and the bourgeoisie, those who invest and live off the surplus generated by the proletariat's operation of the means of production, do not work at all."
"Max Weber argued that 'class' is determined by economic position, in contrast to 'social status' or 'Stand' which is determined by social prestige rather than simply just relations of production."
"The term 'class' is etymologically derived from the Latin classis."
"The term 'class' began to replace classifications such as estates, rank, and orders as the primary means of organizing society into hierarchical divisions."
"This corresponded to a general decrease in significance ascribed to hereditary characteristics and increase in the significance of wealth and income as indicators of position in the social hierarchy."
"Academics distinguish social class from socioeconomic status."
"Sociologists define 'class' as one's relatively stable sociocultural background."
"Political scientists analyze 'class' as a means to categorize citizens by wealth in order to determine military service obligations."
"Anthropologists study 'class' in relation to social and cultural contexts."
"Social historians explore the historical development and impact of different social classes."
"Membership in a social class can, for example, be dependent on education, wealth, occupation, income, and belonging to a particular subculture or social network."
"Membership in a social class can, for example, be dependent on education, wealth, occupation, income, and belonging to a particular subculture or social network."