ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Feminist Sociology, Feminist Theory, Social Inequality
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School of thought: feminist sociology feminist sociologists examine gender inequality in the early 20th century, female sociologists expanded their study to how men controlled their lives (jobs, finances, and how they dressed) Believed women were marginalized, deprived of power, and without equal membership in society they believed the symbols, values, and norms of society favoured men. Men had authority and society favoured them social class for men was their economic role, while for women it"s their sexual connection to men feminist sociologists faced hardships less job opportunities and funding for their research. By 1960-1970, the women movement occurred and female sociologists began to be treated more fairly. Current research in feminist sociology current research today by feminist sociologists: issues relevant to upper class women as well as examining gender in context to race, class, and sexuality. Judith stacey studies same sex families her studies conclude children from same sex families function just as well as heterosexual families.
