SOC 0851 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Voyeurism
Document Summary
We typically fail to see how our thoughts and actions uphold someone else"s subordination. Each group identifies the type of oppression with which it feels more comfortable. Need : -new visions of what oppression is. New categories of analysis that are inclusive of race, class and gender. Need to shift discussion away for additive analyses of oppression. 2 key premises: depends on either or dichotomous thinking like white vs black, trust dichotomous difference- one side in dominant. Gender oppression is structured along 2 main dimensions: Widespread, socially sanctioned ideologies used to justify relations of : Everyone must come to terms with the multiple ways that race class and gender frame ourselves. Each person carves around the total effect of our lives with multiple structures of oppression. We must recognize that our differing experiences with oppression create problems in our relationships. Voyeurism: passive onlookers who don"t relate to the less powerful, but want to see how the different live.
