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Sociology Of The Family

In William Goode’s article Why Men Resist the title is his statement of men’s attitude toward equality and the body his supporting theories.
First and foremost he makes the point that there are and have always been socioeconomic and emotional contradictions in the way of full domination by men. The socioeconomic barrier is explained by the reasoning that any person held in a slavish, ignorant state are without productive value, and women who are in command of productive skills are more resistant exploitation. The emotional contradiction is that absolute love is unrealistic. Love and caring are mutual emotions. Men he claims have shown they are not devoid of such emotion through the laws ...

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sex roles and the sociology of the superordinate.
Sex roles he maintains at one time were attributed to biological differences, an explanation that no longer works. Men and women’s talents are now overlapping. Technology and tools are available to both sexes to house, feed, clothe and protect ourselves. The explanation of the sex roles is left to cultural definitions of sex roles and the social pressures that keep each in its place. Men’s resistance isn’t to changing the narrowly defined terms of the male role, (e.g. macho, active, competitive, unsentimental) but to giving greater definition to the female role. He makes the point that throughout history men have always been writers, poets, musicians, artists, and caring friends without “losing their membership cards to the male fraternity”. Men are in charge of a wide range of roles so that most all of them can find rewarding positions in society, thereby narrowing the options for women. A point well taken.
Men’s second line of ...

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Added: 9/27/2004 02:25:28 PM
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