SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Structural Functionalism, Nuclear Family, Cultural Feminism
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Three of which are functional approaches: physiological, socio-biology/ Four of which were conflict (feminist) approaches: liberal, radical, cultural, evolutionary psychology, structural functionalism separatist. The different perspectives offer social, biological, and mixed (both) explanations. Gilligan: belief men and women are supposed to speak in difference voice. Women think relationally and takes everyone into consideration, men think in black and white. Popenoe uses physiological/evolutionary psychology and structural functional perspectives to say that parents need separate gender roles. Cultural feminists would argue that female politicians are less corrupt because the system oppresses them false. The reason is not because women are oppressed, cultural feminists believe that they would be less corrupt because they have more feminine, moral qualities they are better because they are not going to do these other corrupt practices. Male leaders are more corrupt because of their masculinity. Capitalist are owners of means of production and capital that controls the markets they have all the power.
