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Social Interaction
“Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall.”
What is the meaning of ‘celebrity’? Of ‘super-model’?
What is the meaning of a long neck?
Status
Roles
Groups
Networks
Institutions
SOCIAL
REALITY
Social power can be measured by the ability to define social reality
What is the meaning of a tattoo?
Son
Brother
Student
Malaysian
Chinese / Malay
Male
Political Activist
Green Warrior
Company Man
Parent
Husband
Car-/ House- Owner
Buddhist / Christian / Muslim
Master Status?
“In Japan more than 16,000 women with disabilities were involuntarily sterilized with government approval from 1945 to 1995. Sweden apologised for the same action taken against 62,000 of its citizens in the 1970s’.”
Schaefer (2012), p.102
How are master statuses
created and destroyed?
< role conflicts and strains >
What significant role conflictshave you observed in Malaysia?
Role Strain?
Role Exit
