Месяц: Сентябрь 2015

To both sexes

The Myth ofMale Power violates both sexes’ biologically inherited instinct to protea the female. Proteaing the female implied listening to her needs and repressing his own — even to the point of dying. It will therefore literally be natural to find flaws as a defense against hearing the male world view. There are flaws enough […]

A NOTE ON SOURCES AND EXAMPLES

The potential literature which could be cited in a book such as this is overwhelming in range and in sheer amount. I have, therefore, illus­trated the arguments made with examples from four empirical areas: the sociologies of education, stratification, science and medicine. These are the areas I know best in sociology. I have crossed the […]

THE NO-NEEDS MODERN

At the other end oi the spectrum we find a moment from Colette Dowling’s The Cinderella Complex: Powerful emotional experiences await those who are really living out their own scripts. A Chicago woman in her early forties who still lives with and loves her husband is also intensely involved with a man she works with. […]

THE NO-NEEDS MODERN

At the other end oi the spectrum we find a moment from Colette Dowling’s The Cinderella Complex: Powerful emotional experiences await those who are really living out their own scripts. A Chicago woman in her early forties who still lives with and loves her husband is also intensely involved with a man she works with. […]

INTRODUCTION

First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes baby in a baby carriage. Or maybe not. Suppose love falters or a marriage dissolves or a careerist lifts her head momentarily in the mad dash to professional success only to notice that she’s all alone. What then? What about baby? Does the progression halt, leaving a […]

OUTLINE OF THE BOOK

This chapter introduces the book and briefly explores its place in the series. The chapter will explain the ‘crisis of western sociology’ in the late 1960s, to use Gouldner’s (1971) phrase, and the consequent explo­sion of new ideas and the ‘zesty disarray’ that developed out of that cri­sis. The theoretical schools of feminism will be […]

The Conversation

jamie warner Well, we finally had The Conversation. It was planned for August 15, but I, of course, forced it six weeks early at an unbelievably inopportune moment. Yes, I know, I know. It’s rather pathetic to have to plan a conver­sation. And, yes, we, or rather I, had planned this particular conversation over a […]

Research Methods

What approaches do scientists use to measure behavior in adult development and aging research? • Measures used in research must be reliable (measure things consistently) and valid (measure what they are supposed to measure). • Systematic observation involves watching people and carefully recording what they say or do. Two forms are common: naturalistic observation (observing […]