Equal Status And Equal Inequality In A Class?

WHY DOES CLASS MATTER?

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“Class is something beneath your clothes, under your skin, in your reflexes, in your psyche, at the very core of your being” (Annette Kuhn, 1995). As rightly said by Annette Kuhn class is something that is all around us and has been all around us since times immemorial. Class refers to a group of people sharing a similar status, power and amount of wealth. People belonging to the same class have a very similar influence on the society and the people around them. Classes in the society are mostly unequal and people are divided on the amount of economic wealth that they possess. There have been occurrences of most exceptional inequalities, that range from extreme wealth to life ending poverty. Where

There have been a lot of positive and negative changes in the society because of class struggles. Some societies in the world can be identified that ascribe all its citizens to be of equal status, however most societies prevalent today function in the realms of some sort of social hierarchy, where some individuals are stronger, whilst some remain weaker. This inequality usually seeps into the norms of society through various institutions and structural components, that allows this dominant and submissive behaviour to exist. Often roles in other spheres of influence are also prescribed in accordance to class differences and in reference to what different cultures and different societies deem valuable. In several instances, the inequality that is present in society is so grave, that people go along with it without any awareness, however ever so often, instances do arise where the society discovered the horror of class differences and resists leading to social conflicts. A great example to explain this is “The Manifesto of The Communist Party” by Karl Marx. Karl Marx hoped that the distinction between various classes could be reduced and communism would prevail in the future, where the bourgeois and the proletarians would have equal opportunities and rights to citizenship. He wished that the proletarians would rise up against and

It is extremely difficult to abolish a system which has been come into being since ages. The intensity with which classes came into being and became a part of the society is a major region behind why they still matter so much in the different nations and across the world. In many places, class is not something which is achieved by people, it is something you are born into. One needs to follow the unwritten rules and beliefs set up by others. People kept believing what they were told by the Priests, Kings, rich people and those that possessed a lot of power in the society, who most of the times said things which would help them remain in power. India being one of the biggest example, where common sense knowledge and illiteracy created a major impact on all three classes, upper, middle and lower (termed as Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras, ranked from upper to lower class). The country can be best understood with regards to caste and class. The lower classes were mostly illiterate and lacked the means of basic livelihood. They were denied rights to citizenship and treated with utmost disrespect and disregard. But their struggles led to many provisions and changes which are now even recognised and support by the government of India. Everyone at least on paper is treated equally, with a few special reservations for the lower classes, so that they