A Conflict Theory of Sexual Stratification
- 1 July 1971
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Problems
- Vol. 19 (1) , 3-21
- https://doi.org/10.2307/799936
Abstract
Employment discrimination against women is explained as the result of a distinctive system of stratification by sex. The fundamental bases of sexual stratification are human sexual drives in conjunction with male physical dominance. Variations in the social organization of violence and of economic markets determine the resources available to men and women in the struggle for control, and condition prevailing ideologies about sexuality. Historical changes in sexual roles are explained as results of shifts in these resources.Keywords
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