Question

A Principle of stratification that helps us realize that we should not always blame the victim is

Answer 1

The correct answer is that stratification involves beliefs. We call social stratification a system through which a society hierarchically ranks categories of people. Differences in status, power, and wealth within a certain society are what led to social stratification. Social stratification is based on four major principles:

• It is a trait of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences.
• It persists over generations.
• It's universal (it happens everywhere) but variable (in different ways across different societies).
• It involves not just inequality but beliefs as well (inequality is rooted in a society's philosophy).