Below is a Notion-compatible, UPSC-ready explanation for your line “Through class comes status, the another aspect of social stratification” — expanded in conceptual clarity + sociological grounding.

Through Class Comes Status: The Other Aspect of Social Stratification

1. Class and Status: Distinct but Interlinked Dimensions of Stratification

• In sociology, class refers to a group’s position in the economic order — determined by one’s relationship to the means of production, occupation, income, and wealth (Marx, Weber).
• Status, on the other hand, refers to the group’s ranking in the social order — based on social honour, prestige, lifestyle, and cultural markers (Weber).

➡️ Thus, class produces status because economic advantage tends to convert into social prestige.

2. How Class Generates Status

(a) Economic Capital → Social Honour

• A high-income or high-occupation group generally commands social respect.
• Professionals (doctors, IAS officers, engineers) gain status honour not only because of skill but due to class-linked advantages.

(b) Lifestyle Markers as Status Symbols

• Consumption patterns, cultural tastes, housing, education, and leisure preferences create visible status differences.
• Example: elite schooling, gated communities, and “upper-class culture” shape status hierarchies.

(c) Class Determines Access to Social Networks

• Higher classes possess symbolic and social capital (Bourdieu).
• These networks create exclusivity and reproduce status groups over generations.

3. Status as an Independent Aspect of Social Stratification