Introduction to Sociology

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field is as level as can be for all the players. It does not mean making a society in which all achieve the same status or find themselves in the same class; rather, it just means that everyone has a chance, that jobs are open to all applicants - and applications are reviewed based on their merits, not on the status of the individual applying for the position. Equality of condition is about believing that people should be as equal as possible with regard to the principal conditions of their lives. When there is an inequality of condition for a person, there is likely to be an inequality of the outcome of that person's life, because inequalities of condition obstruct real equality of opportunity since all those in competition for a job are not starting from the same point.

3. In terms of understanding the situation women find themselves in at the beginning of 2005 - as to their (social) "status" and/or their (social) "class" - it is instructive and useful to look first at a ...

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