SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Forces
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But the individualistic bias prevents us from discovering that some of our worst problems are the result of social forces. Consider john and jill who, after nine years of marriage, have just divorced. When she vowed til death do us part, she meant it! Her own parents are still married after 32 years! Jill doesn"t seem at all like the woman he fell in love with; she"s changed. The passion is gone and they"ve grown apart. John and jill entered marriage with the understanding that it was up to them to make the union a success. As a result, as mills would say, john and jill regard the failure of their marriage as purely a personal trouble a result of something they did or did not do. Mills would understand john and jill"s point of view, but suggest it might be misguided.
