Social divisions are important for individual life experiences and life chances in the context where social characteristics provide the basis for differential treatment, unequal access to resources and judgemental evaluations.

Why is social division bad?

Divisions may be a sign of inequality, may constrain people's freedom, put pressure on societal cohesion, lead to distrust and conflict, to the absence of certain groups from the political landscape, and to irreconcilable differences of opinion about facts.

What is a social division called?

A system of ordering society based on perceived social or economic status. class. caste. rank. group.