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Institutions and society.
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Institutions and Society In today society, our lives are influenced by a lot of external factors, that some our out of our control. But anyway, we are all part of the same society, so we influence over each other lives. Some of those external factors, called institutions, have an active part in our daily lives. Socialization plays an important part in shaping people and their roles in society, through institutions like the family, the education and consequently the workplace. I will try to explain how these institutions in some way construct and promote images that lead to discrimination, prejudice, homophobia, and the social construction of identities. We can say that the education system is one of these institutions that influence our lives, and "socialize us". Schools serve to reinforce social class divisions. It is important to say that educational success generally rises with family income, many sociologists see material...
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