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      • When a master status is ascribed, it becomes a dominant part of that identity, often overshadowing other aspects of a person. This can affect self-esteem, social circles, and even livelihoods, as the master status becomes a pivotal point around which many life events and interactions revolve.
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  1. Social status, the relative rank that an individual holds, with attendant rights, duties, and lifestyle, in a social hierarchy based upon honour or prestige. Status may be ascribed—that is, assigned to individuals at birth without reference to any innate abilities—or achieved, requiring special.

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  2. Feb 20, 2021 · The social differences between dominant and minority groups is called stratification, which, in sociological terms is the study of inequality.

  3. Feb 21, 2019 · Social status can be attained through either dominance (coercion and intimidation) or prestige (skill and respect). Individuals high in either of these status pathways are known to more readily...

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  4. Oct 29, 2020 · In contrast, symmetric relations—e.g., friend, neighbor, classmate, or coworker—are by definition equitable. One party can’t claim dominance over the other.

  5. Jan 10, 2022 · A major insight from the last century of dominance research is that dominance relationships are influenced by the social context in which they operate—that is, dyadic dominance relationships are not determined in a vacuum, but are instead influenced by other dyadic relationships [77–79].

  6. Dec 6, 2021 · Judgments of status may be based in part on physical cues (i.e., attractiveness, dominance) and correspond to facets of individuals’ self-reported social status. Attractiveness and dominance may influence how people are treated and thereby shape self-reported social status.

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  8. Jan 1, 2020 · People differ in the extent to which they accept and endorse inequality and conflict between societal groups. A relatively recent but vast research literature has established that the crux of this individual difference is represented by social dominance orientation (SDO).

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