The Male Sociologist's Burden
The Place of Women in Marriage and Family Texts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2586557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Ehrlich (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 421 |
| Publication date | 1971-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/349841 |
| OpenAlex | W2086885912 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article examines the stereotypes of women found in six recent marriage and familty texts. All were written by male sociologists; all had an original publication date of 1960 or later. Unproved or value-laden statements about the female were placed in four broad categories: sexual attitudes and behavior; sex roles and socialization; mate selection, marriage, and divorce; and the economics of being female. The paper demonstrates that so-called value-free social science is full of myths and folklore about the female, which are presented as factual, and are used to justify her subordinate status
Folklore · Mate choice · Mythology · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Anthropology · Classics · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1973 - 2024 (52) |
| Highly cited | No |