of opportunity are characteristics that shape a person’s life in a way that is out of their control. Race, gender, and ethnicity are all examples of characteristics that can cause inequality of opportunity. This connects to horizontal inequality because each category contains different subcultures that live within the same society. For example, two people can be born into different subcultures within the same family by being male and female. Their sex at birth will contribute to the inequalities they experience throughout life, creating horizontal inequality between siblings. See also Vertical inequality References Distribution of wealth Economic inequality Social justice terminology Social inequality