Cultural capital is the ideas and knowledge of people that draw on and join together in social life. Everything from the rules of customs to the ability to speak and write successfully can be considered cultural capital. Cultural capital is just what it sounds like and it makes sense to me, most people don't realize they have it but it's part of everyone and sometimes it even gains a person the social flexibility to have confidence in everything they are doing. There are certain characteristics of cultures designed to be superior, and those who have such characteristics have a greater chance of success within the culture. I would like to observe not only the forms of cultural capital that I possess, but also those that I do not possess. I believe that with these countless examples of cultural capital they will have a great influence in my life. To begin, let's say I examine the capital I own, which I contrast with the capital I don't own. First of all, I'm a man. I have the ability to be hired for a job, to be promoted in my career, or to be appointed to any number of positions within the workforce, based on the fact that I am male. It can also be said that because of my male gender I can aspire to life, because most of the time I would be in favor of receiving any kind of award and also being placed in high positions. But when it comes to a job like a babysitter, I am most likely not able to get the job because my gender may be taken into consideration in the decision making process because the stereotypical male is assumed not to care like women, so this subjects me to the gender and cultural bias whereby I would receive unequal treatment in terms of job opportunities such as promotion, pay, benefits or privileges and expectations due... mid-paper... quickly and directly convertible into cash and could be institutionalized in the form of property rights. When I stated that I was in high school, the students and I also had a similarity that was "well endowed" as cultural capital, Cultural Capital is fluid and can be supported by economic capital to expand a cultural community, for example, the more money I have the more likely it is that my community I deal with will be equally financially endowed and can be institutionalized in the form of educational qualifications; and as share capital going to a company or organization I have stated that I have come in contact with one of the former students of my local high school who happens to work for the company or as an executive officer in that organization I am hired and the cycle begins by making me once again the central figure of economic capital, giving me a title and prestige.
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