Sociology 1025A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Harriet Martineau, Rape Culture, Androcentrism
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Japan stops offering social sciences, marxism conforming the students. Theory grounds us helps us understand the past history of sociology and apply ideology to the real world. A system of interconnected ideas that organizes. Positivism sees social science research as the same as natural science research ex. Interpretive human social life is qualitatively different than others things studied by science. What you believe is real, is real in its consequences . Reality is there is no consitant average in reality, every two people are going to experience situations differently , interpretivists recognize this and see each situation as unique , anything can happen. Areas of agreement: academic work has had an androcentric bias( all men researchers) both society and people"s experiences are gendered, research and theory must be intertwined with practice. Radical feminist extreme often seen in the media. Patriarchy- men hold the hold the power and authority.
