SOAN 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Michel Foucault, Protestant Work Ethic, Anomie
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Didn"t have much to say about gender, marx more concerned with class and private property. Durkheim division of labor all he had to say was in division of labor everyone would do the task they were both suited to for women that was child care. Private property, the family, and the state (marx and engels) Engels subordination of women connects it to private property and inheritance and men tried to control women"s sexuality and women"s inheritance is by blood. Gender as irrelevant women"s status or class position is dependent on that of her family (ie husband or father) Shulamith firestone patriarchy and women"s role in biological reproduction of society as the base . Very radical don"t need to know it reproduction of society as a base. Symbiotically derived approaches patriarchy subordinates women socially and politically; capitalism exploits some women (as workers); (saying shouldn"t vote should work in the home etc) capitalism and patriarchy are mutually dependent.