Short Essay on Nature of Social Role – An analysis of social role’ would reveal to us the following things:
1. Every individual member of social group or society is bound to play social roles. It means role-playing is obligatory for all members. The number of roles that one plays depends on the statuses that he assumes.
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2. Some social roles are shared by a great many people. Ex: There are many adults, citizens, voters, authors, ministers, teachers, and so on.
3. Some social roles are enacted only by one or by comparatively a few individuals at a particular time in a particular place. Ex: In India, there can only a few governors at a time depending upon the number of states.
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4. Some social roles may be assumed voluntarily. The individual may choose to enact or not enact certain roles. Ex: one may choose to live in city as city dweller, play as a bowler in a cricket team, join a voluntary association and play the role of its executive member or not.
5. The assumption of certain roles is largely involuntary. The enactment of many such roles has to take place continuously. Example: Females will have to continuously enact the roles of females, males of males, whites of whites, Harridans of Harridans, and so on. They are unchangeable.