Discuss How Attitudes Can Be Both Vertically and Horizontally Structured

question 22

Essay

Discuss how attitudes can be both vertically and horizontally structured, and how these structures relate to changes in attitudes.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

Unequal treatment of individuals based on their membership in a social group; usually motivated by prejudice.

Stonewall Riots

A series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the LGBTQ+ community against a police raid that took place at the Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969, considered a pivotal event in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights.

LGBTQ Liberation

The movement aiming to achieve societal acceptance, legal rights, and equality for individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning.

C. J. Pascoe

A sociologist known for research and publications on masculinity, youth, sexuality, and gender, particularly in education contexts.