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Ling Final Exam 2024 What does it mean to have symbolic capital? to capitalize and make use of a certain aspect of language to have some meaning What is hegemony? veiled power: when both the dominant group and the dominated/subordinate group are convinced of the legitimacy of the dominant group's power Discuss the idea of resistance to powerful language dialectic of structure and event can be seen as a powerful form (such as women) being resisted with another alternative form ...

Throughout this piece, I have argued that inequality in South Africa is fuelled by the intersection of gender and care. I have started by exploring the extent to which women, with specific reference to black African women, suffer from inequality which is exacerbated by their unwritten responsibility to provide care. This was done by firstly defining gender and secondly, examining the family unit, and how patriarchal structures of power deem men to be natural leaders and bread-winners, whereas wo...