#social_organization__social_structure__social_system__structure  the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"
  supertype:  system  a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
  member:  political_system
  member of:  society
  subtype:  feudalism__feudal_system  the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war
  subtype:  patriarchy__patriarchate  a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
  subtype:  matriarchy__matriarchate  a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
  subtype:  meritocracy.social_organization  a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
  subtype:  class_structure__classstructure  the organization of classes within a society
     subtype:  caste_system__castesystem  a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
  subtype:  segregation.social_organization  a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
     subtype:  racial_segregation  segregation by race
        subtype:  petty_apartheid__pettyapartheid  racial segregation enforced primarily in public transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public places
     subtype:  de_facto_segregation  segregation (especially in schools) that happens in fact although not required by law
     subtype:  de_jure_segregation  segregation that is imposed by law
     subtype:  sex_segregation__sexsegregation__purdah  the Hindu or Moslem system of keeping women secluded

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