ABSTRACT
This chapter deals that societies have some form of hierarchical structure. Indeed, it can be argued that the very nature of society requires a structure where some are more influential than others and some hierarchical arrangement are therefore necessary. All societies recognise in some degree different roles, different abilities and different responsibilities relating to differences of sex and age. Individuals are also members of wider groupings or categories which do not involve face-to-face contact with other members, such as social class, occupation grouping, political affiliation or union membership. The stereotyping of male and female roles in society is certainly strong but in author view 'traps' the man as much as the woman. Sex in adulthood general attitudes in society affect opportunities available to men and to women and can thus constrict possibilities for continued personality growth. Marx's analysis of capitalist society concluded that the owners of production, the bourgeoisie, effectively owned the workers, the proletariat, as well.
