When discussing the issue of poverty and the "poor", it is crucial to identify and explore the forces that lead to the social exclusion of the poor rather than focusing on the characteristics of these individuals. By focusing on these forces, it becomes easier to identify and explore possible ways to reduce poverty, empower the poor and alleviate social exclusion, while focusing on the individual will not create a solution. No person is born poor, although they may be born into a poor family or community, and therefore the focus should be on society and the forces that have created poverty, that influence the lives of these people and cause their social exclusion. There are many forces that contribute to the exclusion of the poor from society, some of which include, but are not limited to, discrimination by power, class, gender and race, etc. These causes continue to have negative effects such as poverty, unemployment, inequality, poor health. , homelessness, lack of education and training, poor social assistance, etc. about the life of this group of people. Clearly, there are numerous factors that could be explored when discussing the issue of social exclusion of the poor within society. This essay, however, will explore only two of these factors, including their effects, and will also examine some sociological perspectives on the issue. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, class is defined: “as a system of ordering society whereby people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status”. This definition suggests that social class is a system in based on which people within society are divided into groups based on the amount of wealth and privileges they have or do not have, i.e. the rich and the poor. .....considered equal partners in development cooperation. For example, in some societies, girls are not sent to school to receive an education; or they remain at home with their mothers who learn to clean, cook and tidy up home or, in some societies, they are sent to learn trades or forced to do unskilled jobs to support the home. Subsequently, these girls will grow up to be women and with very little or no skills to earn a living, they will be forced into foster care. on their husbands, they would have no place in the larger society and, as a result, the cycle of poverty will be broken. continue. After discussing some of the forces that contribute to the exclusion of the poor and the effects of these forces, this essay will conclude that it is more important to identify the forces that exclude the poor from society rather than focusing on the characteristics of the poor. the poor. You would?