SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Victimology, Shoplifting, Radical Feminism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Three facions: radical feminism view men as bruish and aggressive, biological dependency, Liberal feminism looking for equality between men and women, removal of division of power between sexes (equal wage: socialist/marxist sees the conlict of capitalism, changing to socialism, equality for the sexes. Chivalry hypothesis women don"t behave the way men do, they don"t engage in crime, there"s diferenial reinforcement, and authoriies are more likely to give women a warning. Problem when they are not acing famine, they are more likely to be charged. Liberaion thesis (daly & chesney lind,1988) the levels of crime for women increased, more labour paricipaion, leaving the house more oten they were more oten to commit crimes, Class and family structure played an important role in the crime of women: tradiional power to the men, women are more controlled, stay and take care of children. Daughters less likely to be delinquent: egalitarian two people working, middle class,