SOC 3490 Lecture : law and society- feminism/white collar crime

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3490
• Professor: Scott Brandon

Document Summary

there is a lack of laws in some aspects y control of sexuality. It s important for women to be able to chose if they want to be mothers or not y state as a resistor of change: marxist y synthesis of class and patriarchy. significant class differences in terms of the type of jobs women and men are able to get y women are exploited in 2 ways: sexuality: control by husbands, lack of recognition as mother s and all the work they do in the home. White collar crime and the law: laws are either eliminated or changed, sometimes there is no enforcement at all, minimal sanctions exist. It can sometimes take decades to see the outcomes y can sometimes be difficult to pin point the victims y usually when wcc results in deaths with call it an accident y tend to be middle or lower class.