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Week 9 and 10 Readings:
1. What is the double-diamond class structure according to Purruci and Wysong? What are the differences between the privileged class and the new working class? Can people from the working class climb to the privileged class? Why or why not?
2. What are some variables that Keister studies in her research and why are they important to her findings on economic success? What is a critique of her analysis?
3. How does Risman and why define gender as a social structure? How does gender as a social structure maintain inequality between men and women? How does gender function on each level: interpersonal, cultural, institutional? Please provide one example of how gender functions to maintain inequality between men and women on each level (e.g., interpersonal, cultural, institutional).