Explain the absence of women in the early years of sociology.?
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As others have answered, women were involved in some of the early years of sociology but they were the exception rather than the rule. Its easier to understand in the context that women were not given access to the same education as men were in the time period along with many other social aspects of life. As women were denied entrance into many different strata of public life, it makes sense that they would be unable to analyse or comment on it, which is the scope of most of sociology.
1184790
personally. women of yesterday are greater than us now. they had more strict standards to live by and they probably had a lot more pressure and expectations from men.
358445
On each level theres an argument that inequality is higher depending on gender. Depending on what you are trying to analyze there will be some differences but as a general rule women will be confronted with higher amounts of inequality in each dimension than their male counterparts. In the job market women will be paid less, and have a tougher time advancing in their field across the board when looking at the dimensions of inequality. The same could be assumed along lines of prestige as most societies still have some form of male domination or patirachy even if its receding. \n\nFor most levels of analysis women will find more inequality by comparison to males across the board when looking at different dimensions of inequality
586329
The 60's-70's because it was the peak of feminist revolution. The 50's, women still strived for perfection, and by the 60's they realized it was all a false dream, i like this era b/c women began to have a voice.
180426
No there isn't, but my family had many servants during that era and I can tell you what each was responsible for. At least one female servant was a Wet Nurse. Women did not breast feed their own babies, it was the duty of the wet nurse. Female servants cleaned and polished furniture, prepared all meals, did laundry, dressed and cared for children of all ages, swept, mopped, if they were literate they also may have kept a "ladies journal" for their matron. Ladies Journals were pretty much a diary. They washed and set their matron's hair, but did NOT sew or repair the matron or master's clothes. They did sew/repair clothing of the children. A man's servant cared for his horse/livery, repaired leatherwork, washed and set his master's hair, and shaved the master with a straight edged razor. He also arranged liaisons with women for the sole purpose of the master's sexual pleasure. He occasionally was responsible for the training of male children, though usually they were sent to a boarding type school after a certain age. The master's servant could be responsible for bookkeeping if he was literate, though this was often NOT the case. He did not prepare meals, but did prepare beverages and deliver refreshments for the master and his guests. Usually the master's servant was also his confidant, though rarely was he trusted with financial matters. He was also responsible for laundering the master's clothes and pressing them, etc.\n\nI hope this helps you. The structure of family in the 19th century will help you to understand the role of servants in that era.
71203
Yes there are. I am one of them. It's not like it was when we were younger, to where you can go to clubs and so on. The best way for me to meet other women are through friends and family.
917115
Boys were typically apprenticed; girls were educated at home.  In wealthier families, children went to school.  The first college, the Sorbonne, was built at the end of the Middle Ages.  The first school rule was no swords in class...after 4 people died by the sword in college.
598010
Because they don't have much female counterparts?
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I believe the switch slowly started to occur around the time that agriculture began (around 10,000 years ago).  Even though women likely started planting seeds, men were needed for large scale farming; capturing livestock and tending to large tracts of farm land.\n\nWith this innovation came population increases.  With larger populations to feed, more animals and farmland were needed.  So the farmers started moving in to their neighbors hunting grounds (the neighbors were likely hunter/gatherers).  The neighbors put up a fight and men were needed for fighters. So men were needed to do heavy farm work and fight the natives.\n\nOnce the neighbors lands were captured, the neighbors were either executed or enslaved.  With slavery you need men to control the new workforce.\n\nSo what resulted was this: Farmers, Solders, and Slavedrivers (or Police if you prefer).\n\nThen came religion and the priests................how could have women strapped with kids compete with all of this? In fact women were likely encouraged to have more children so there would be more workers (male babies were preferred of course).  Midwives and women practicing birth control (like the rhythm method) were chastised...............\n\n\nwhat is the person before my answer talking about?\n\nand to suppertrooper, human history only covers a short instance of human existence,  things have changed a lot since we have started recording our history, and besides that there exist today several Matriarchal cultures in the world, some of these cultures exist in the Himalaya mountains where wives (the bosses) have several husbands!\n\nand to shepen, you wrote, "The theory that all societies started matriarchal and were conquered by patriarchal societies has actually fallen by the wayside."  Nobody here is saying that "ALL" cultures were originally matriarchal.  But it is true that many that are patriarchal today were matriarchal before agriculture.  And where is it documented that these theories have fallen by the wayside?
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The 20th Century for women was about liberation and gaining equality.  During the 20th Century women got the vote and broke into male dominated careers.  Now we are succeeding in ou careers and balancing everything in our lives.  Thankfully many men out there are willing to their share around the house (my fiance does more than his fair share and to a better standard than me when it comes to housework and cooking!) in order to support their partners.\n\nIn short without all the struggles of women in the 20th Century I wouldn't be a full time Engineer who also  volunteers with Air Cadets in her spare time with the ability to vote and get involved in politics.  I would hate to go back to a time where I couldn't do these things.
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There aren't any true feminist that I've seen because, as I've stated before, the feminist movement taught women to demand rights and privileges that they felt they didn't have, but it didn't teach them that responsibilities come with them as part of the package. So women still expect men to take up those responsibilities for the most part, and expect to have everything they used to have and get from men from before.\n\nHow can feminism be obsolete when it never truly ever existed?
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Women could negotiate ALL financial matters for the household. They could not vote and could NOT be citizens if their father did not acknowledge their birth. If he did not, they were adopted into the prostitute guilds and had no rights at all. This was also true of male children. Women could, and did, own property.
194461
I'm a student of sociology - ask me!
412483
not all feminists want men out completely. I think all the roles should be equal for all as much as possible (off course men can't give birth so not all things can be shared unfortunately)
158489
The 20-somethings have abandoned classical feminism in droves.  They've seen what its done to their mothers - alone, unloved, unsupported, chronically depressed - and bailed.  Young girls today have largely abandoned the need to "prove" themselves as women, saying that they already are, by mere existance.\n\nPerhaps it was a mistake for the patriarchy to grant independence.  "Beware what you wish for, it might come true".  Perhaps it was a mistake for the patriarchy to abdicate from its responsibility.  \n\nDid I say grant?  Yes, you heard right.  Independence was not achieved by suffragettes, it wa achieved by technology. \n  Male-spawned technology produced fax machines and typewriters that enabled women to work and be independent.  It took the brawn factor out of labor enabling all genders to earn a wage.  Taking away technology would put us back 100 years ... in every sense.\n\nHow fragile life is, huh?
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We have a problem with recruitment and retention in my college chapter of SWE, due to a combination of factors. The biggest one being that there really just aren't that many girls that are eligible to be members.\n\nAdd to that the fact that not everyone has the money to be a paying member every year.\n\nAnd of course, the politics within the individual groups themselves--many girls didn't want to join because they didn't like who the president was, or the ideals that we were setting forth.\n\nI personally enjoy being a member of SWE, and I think that we do a lot of interesting things within our area to promote women in engineering (even if the guys only ever want to come to meetings when we have free food....)
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Almost none.  Children had no value.  Men and Women could be used for labor.  Children were just in the way.