How has the work of Karl Marx influenced feminist thinking?
What will be an ideal response?
•?The parallel feminism’s major theoretical achievement is Marx’s middle-range theory but instead of economic relations, gender relations are prominent.
•?Socialist feminists build upon Marx’s ideas about a class revolution but instead call for a revolution in gender relations.
•?Marx and Engel’s work about the patriarchal family was ahead of its time in establishing how gender relations are infused into the familial institution in such a way that it reinforces the socioeconomic system more generally.
•?Marx’s ideas about the economic production of reality largely resemble feminists’ argument about the patriarchal construction of reality.
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U.S. exports of popular culture by corporations such as Nike, Disney, and Coca-Cola, are examples of
A) Cultural Universals B) Cultural Dominance C) The Diversity of popular culture D) Globalization of popular culture
______ is a sociological perspective that focuses on the role of symbols and how their meanings are shared and understood by those involved in human interaction.
A. Symbolic interactionism B. Conflict theory C. Queer theory D. Feminist theory
Which sociologist said, "Throughout the world, where water is a scarce commodity, it is women who carry heavy buckets and vessels of water, usually on foot and over long distances, because this has been designated as a woman's job, and men regard it as a disgrace to help them."
A. William Julius Wilson B. Irving Janis C. Barbara Ehrenreich D. Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
According to the report released by the National Institute of Correction, the ________ theory describes the different ways women and men develop.
A. addiction B. causal C. relational D. trauma