SOC203H1 Lecture : Soc203
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Monday february 6, 2012 -- engels - next week - test 1. 40 t/f questions - 1 1/2 points each - total of 60 points. 20 multiple choice - worth 2 points each = 40 points intro to authority post break. Emergence of private property as central to gender inequality. Critical comments: merit of explaining gender inequality as a sociological phenomenon. In his day, there were religious explanations. Biological explanations - women are inherently, biologically, inferior to men. Social conditions - implies that something can be done about gender inequality - altering social conditions, greater equality could be achieved. Nuclear family is not hte natural way - there are other ways of organizing society. -> important b/c engels argues that to eliminate such we must change the economy. The soviet example is important because quite apart from economic change, change in state politics matter -- > independant effect on the position of women.
