Devadasis were girls dedicated to worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of their lives and usually enjoyed a high societal status.
Watts is not not particularly well off as we find out early in the novel, and OASIS works just like the real world, in that the people with the resources and high societal status, are at an advantage.
It seems that he felt somehow rooked that he was momentarily interested in what a junior high schooler had to say and that once he found out the blogger's age and societal status, whatever had attracted his sincere interest was disqualified because the blogger in question lacked "authority".
But the court said the problem was that Mr. McConnell was asking for "the right to pursue an activist role in implementing his unconventional ideas concerning the societal status to be accorded homosexuals and, thereby, to foist tacit approval of this socially repugnant concept upon his employer, who is, in this instance, an institution of higher learning".
Not quite Time magazine's "Person of the Year," but still a popular barometer of the times, the compilation helps people grasp the societal status quo.
In turn, relatively more educated girls and women were able to increase their economic value and societal status – allowing for even greater agency to access and use contraception.
While MTV's reboot feels like a paint-by-numbers remake, there is one key element missing: the honest discussion of class and societal status.
This is not only because of rising wealth and shrinking acceptance rates, but also because of the fear of not achieving a certain societal status and, therefore, success.
Did you choose a profession in response to parental pressure or a desire to attain a certain level of societal status?
He does more or less the bare minimum for someone of his wealth and societal status.
