A sociologist begins to study a small town to see how the community describes their farm life. While he speaks to two dozen men, he only talks with four women
Because his questions do not deal specifically with men or women's lives he assumes that the experiences of the women will mirror the men. This assumption is one of the basis for
a) gender studies.
b) feminist theory.
c) sociological imagination
d) social environments
ANS: a
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