Which played in an important role in the development of the "throw-away" society?

The term "throw-away" society describes society strongly influenced by consumerism and the wish to have and posses more. It is characterized with overconsumption and excessive production of items with short life or disposable items.

The shift in manufacturing to developing nations played in an important role in the development of the "throw-away" society.

Inequality is one of the classic problems of the social society. Social inequality is a situation in which there are differences between individual groups in a society from the point of view of their social groups, social circles or social status. In some parts of the world there are different social groups that do not have the same rights to propriety, vote, freedom of speech, health care or education. Many researches show that inequalities are still present now as well as in the past, but with some minor changes depending on the countries.

The easiest way to measure the differences in social classes is to grade people by their occupation. These differences are: differences in earning, standard of education, differences in style of dressing, accent, values, behavior, prestige, power and wealth. Every society has its own ways to decide the place in the hierarchy and in some cases, once an individual occupies a certain place in the rank, it may be hard to change.

As already stated before equality is an everyday part of our existence in society today and a great deal of attention is paid to this part of our lives. Equality in the domestic home is rarely looked at or does it receive any attention in law or government policies.

Equality is highly prized in democratic societies. Indeed, in America, we often use "equality" as a synonym for justice. A just society, we imply, is one in which everyone is treated equally.