Harriet Martineau & Gender Conflict Theory: Crash Course Sociology #8
Today we're exploring another branch of conflict theory: gender conflict theory, with a look at sociology's forgotten founder, Harriet Martineau. We'll also discuss the three waves of...
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Where my ladies at? Seriously, we’ve spent a lot of time learning about the origins of sociology, and all of the founders we’ve talked about so far have been men. That’s because, when sociology was becoming an academic discipline, women didn’t have the same access to education. In fact, it was considered improper in the 19th century for women to write articles and give talks to the public. And this continued for decades, with some of the top universities not allowing female students until the 1970s. Which sucks. But it also raises an important question: Why do women and men get treated differently? This is a question that sociologists can answer! Or, well, we can at least try to answer it. Gender-conflict theory applies the principles of conflict theory to...
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Where my ladies at? Seriously, we’ve spent a lot of time learning about the origins of sociology, and all of the founders we’ve talked about so far have been men. That’s because, when sociology was becoming an academic discipline, women didn’t have the same access to education. In fact, it was considered improper in the 19th century for women to write articles and give talks to the public. And this continued for decades, with some of the top universities not allowing female students until the 1970s. Which sucks. But it also raises an important question: Why do women and men get treated differently? This is a question that sociologists can answer! Or, well, we can at least try to answer it. Gender-conflict theory applies the principles of conflict theory to...
