Project: Middle Class Social Power 
Your Mission, should you decide to accept it: 
Answer the questions found below as a group. 
Hand in one answer with everyone's name 
- First & last & in alphabetical order by last name 
- Include only members who are present 
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Use your time wisely. 
Be finished by the end of the allowed time 
Project: Middle Class Social Power 

1.  In relation to the middle class' social power, what are the consequences of one's class position that affects nearly every aspect of one's life?  Discuss & explain them in light of your own life, or someone you know (Do not use real names). 

2.  What are the class differences which marketers / capitalism exploit & reinforce.  Discuss & explain them in light of your own life, or someone you know (Do not use real names). 

3.  What are the factors that influence a class' sociability & community participation.  Discuss & explain them in light of your own life, or someone you know (Do not use real names). 


The consequences of one's class position that affects nearly every aspect of one's life, are that 
     1.  different classes live in different neighborhoods 
     2.  different classes often vote differently  
             ( since Reagan, the 1980s, the Democrat & Republican Parties have lost influence ) 
     3.  different classes often  have clear political differences 
     4.  different classes often have different tastes in music 
     5.  lower classes have earlier sexual experiences 
     6.  different classes have different reactions to different sexual experiences 
     7.  higher class are more likely to be happy, have sense of well being, & have greater self worth 
             These broad generalities mask many exceptions

Each class has differences which marketers / capitalism exploit & reinforce such as 
      1.   purchasing patterns 
      2.   fashion 
      3.   style of home 
      4.   space between homes 
      5.   automobiles 
      6.   speech 
      7.   opinions & attitudes

There are FIVE factors that influence a class's sociability & community participation: 
      1. It takes time & $$$ to be involved in community  activities 
      2. The Middle Class is more mobile;  they leave birth place for better job, & so have less family ties 
      3. The Middle Class jobs produce less alienation & so there is a greater sense of being part of the community 
      4. The Middle Class world view is more cosmopolitan & thus have a sense of the wider social environment that affects one's life 
      5. The Wking Class world view is more parochial & sees the world in terms of particular persons & things, short term contingencies, & as alien & uncontrollable 

The End