SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Social Forces
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Socialists feminism does not hold that patriarchy is universal and trans-historical in other words no suggestion patriarchy has always existed. Instead empirical evidence shows that patriarchy emerged with changes in the economic production process. Second, like radical feminists, socialist feminisms calls for restructuring society. Empirical studies the philadelphia negro: a social study interviewed black in 2,500 households. Purpose was to try an contenst the prevailing theoretical ideas of blacks these ideas connect back to the ideas that blacks are somehow inferior, and he wanted to contest that ideas existing theoretical ideas. Presented a lot of data the countered white theoriet idea that blacks were inferior. They were doing a number of things to improve their lives. He notes that blacks had started churches schools, small business etc while also entering the trades of professions ( all of which countered the ideas about the inferiority of blacks)