Sociology of Women
Family
Family, as sociology recognizes is one of the most important institutions that contribute to the process of primary socialization of an individual. However, like all other institutions, family is one of the crucial grounds where feminists have a lot to argue about and they fight for the rights of women and the need to be given an appropriate space and respect in the household.
As the distribution of work in the household goes, the traditional belief and concept is that the women are the ones who need to stay home and monitor all the necessary chores and the domestic work needed around the house. However, the feminists seem to be highly critical about this particular thought. They have begun to question why it is seen as the women's sole responsibility to look after the needs of the children and tend to every individual in the household. Since the feminists have largely raised arguments about the liberation and freedom that a woman should have regarding her career and her life, they have also put forward the idea of symmetrical roles in the family played by the husband and wife.
They stress the need for both of them to have a certain amount of shared responsibility in the caretaking of the children as well as the rest of the household chores. It is seen as a common notion that the responsibility of keeping the family happy and together falls on the woman's shoulder but according to the feminists, it is not just the woman alone who has to suffer through everything that goes wrong. Today, we can see a lot of changes that have come about in the family structure and work distribution. The modern family system has now become the nuclear family and the concept of extended families is now rare to find.
The feminists are highly critical regarding the much common patriarchal family system and have put forward the need for it to be symmetrical and peered out. This has brought about much diversity and changes in the roles played out by the men and women in the household. What needs to be realized is however that the feminists do not aim to diminish the...
Some people argue that this is a mere social construct and has been formed by social interactions but it still remains to be quite an important factor in society.
It is seen as highly important to follow your own
gender role and know the
sexuality that one belongs to. The "normal" sexuality form remains to be heterosexuality which is commonly found and the others are seen as deviant or queer. The importance of sexuality is seen by the gender roles performed by the men and the women and the way
society perceives men to be the more dominating and stronger gender that undermines the women and can exercise power and control over her. This concept is emphasized also by the sexual organs that the two genders possess and how the women are seen as the weaker gender.
The "Orgasm Gap" and the myths that surround it show just how the concept of sexuality is perceived in society and how the women are seen to be symbolizing
sex by the
biology of their figure and how men think the body of the women is a source of
orgasm for a man. Another myth that surrounds sexuality in society is how sex is seen to be a more serious matter for the women and associated with their respect while the men are seen as promiscuous and their intentions are rarely ever questioned in the act. This again enforces the extent of
patriarchy in the society.
Bodies
The body structure and the caretaking of the
human body is something we see people worrying about a lot these days. What we often notice is the fact that women are programmed to be more cautious about their…
