SOC 233 Lecture Notes - Impression Management, Bell Hooks, Sylvia Walby
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Question 4: drug use is not pathological process of socialization, drug use is not a medical problem drug treatments cannot treat marijuana use as a psychological pathology. Main feminist perspectives: liberal feminism equality of opportunity. Inequality needs to be looked at in terms of equality of opportunity, embedded in structures and institutions in society. Inequality stems from the denial of equal rights. Eg) legal, political, economic and social equality for women. Result more status, more resources, more power. Gender prejudice is based around individual ignorance. Concrete, specific ways to liberate women in social and economic structures. Note women are not inferior to men, therefore they should have the opportunity to compete equally with men. This starts with change in the structures and institutions in society. Limited to looking at policy; ignores study of social structural factors (e. g. , patriarchy). Means to achieve equality is inadequate (i. e. , not revolutionary enough; working within patriarchal system).
