tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958938668319162394.post8874265753485078802..comments2023-10-02T05:24:06.603-04:00Comments on Gender, Power and Privilege Blog: Class and ClassismJoelle Ruby Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815054251523463134noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958938668319162394.post-26135448031359047172016-02-10T12:44:37.420-05:002016-02-10T12:44:37.420-05:00Wow!!! Definitions of class in the US seem very di...Wow!!! Definitions of class in the US seem very different than here in the UK, although the definition of class in the UK is becoming more like the US. Working class in the UK was/is more about culture, community, a way of talking and the job you did/do. In the US it seems that to many, the term working class just means loser or someone who hasn't got on. So, Joe the plumber will define himself as middle class so as not to look like a guy who only earns $25000 a year, even if he does.<br /><br />We are obsessed with class in England. I am working class with 2 degrees, but still struggle to get decent employment. I align myself always with the class I was born and brought up in. But the US and UK definitions are somewhat different.Controversial Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592854534440021411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958938668319162394.post-75994174072409410382013-01-16T13:30:35.931-05:002013-01-16T13:30:35.931-05:00Now would you say privileges include all (or most ...Now would you say privileges include all (or most of all) social resiliency? Such as a stay-at-home-mother; quality child care (perhaps for free from a relative); or geographical benefits (like living in a family home in a "good"/low crime neighborhood). Would privileges extend to those things acquired not by old or new money but by circumstance or the sacrifice of previous generations? (Hopefully that isn't too unclear). Pameleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061208545171305545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958938668319162394.post-35436550351318737072011-01-11T22:06:41.866-05:002011-01-11T22:06:41.866-05:00Kelly: I think that is a very common perception. I...Kelly: I think that is a very common perception. I thought I was "middle class" until I was exposed to people of a much higher class than me. In america, we like to think we are all "middle class" but in fact fewer and fewer of us actually are.Joelle Ruby Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815054251523463134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958938668319162394.post-37533006184218418272011-01-11T19:06:31.120-05:002011-01-11T19:06:31.120-05:00This post was very helpful because this may be hor...This post was very helpful because this may be horrible to say but I always thought that "working class" and "middle class" were the same thing...oops!Kelly Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435762136992857191noreply@blogger.com