What does this exercise reveal about the influence of status symbols in society?
What does this exercise reveal about the influence of status symbols in society?
A status symbol is generally an object that signifies its owners' high social and economic standing.
Objects that act as status symbols change over time but are almost always linked to the primary Differences between the upper and lower classes within the society.
In Capitalistic societies, status symbols are most often tied to monetary wealth. Elsewhere, status symbols can take on different forms. For example, in places where warriors are respected, a bodily scar may represent honor or courage, and thus become a status symbol.
Expensive Items
Expensive goods such as luxury vehicles and watches that can cost more than a down payment on a home are mostly out of reach for lower economic classes. For this reason, they have become status symbols.
Uniforms
Another type of status symbol is a uniform that symbolizes membership in an organization, such as the military or law enforcement. A uniform may also display additional insignia of rank, specialty, tenure, and other details of the owner's status within the organization. A state might confer decorations, medals, or badges that can show that the wearer has heroic or official status. In many cultures around the world, dress codes may specify who ought to wear particular kinds of styles of clothing, and when and where specific items of clothing are displayed. A modern example of this is in the professional world, where certain brands of ties, suits, or shoes confer status on the wearer.
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