Two of the modern theoretical approaches that I found most interesting are feminism and feminist theory and rational choice. Feminism and feminist theory is defined as “a sociological perspective that emphasizes the centrality of gender in analyzing the social world and particularly the uniqueness of the experience of women” (Giddens, 1996, page 20). Gender is very important and plays a strong role in many aspects of our everyday lives, however people mainly focus on the impact men have rather than women. Both experiences are incredibly different and need to be looked at and studied. Rational choice, according to “Introduction To Society”, is defined as “the theory that an individual’s behavior is purposive...argues that deviant behavior is rational response to a specific social situation” (Giddens, 1996, page
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Feminist theory will illuminate particularly how a woman would experience racism towards her or being racist towards another person. It can give insight on how racism may affect a woman’s family or how she interacts with others. It can also help to explain if the racist views a woman has may come from the men surrounding her or views of people at her workplace. However, it sets aside how men experience this phenomena and mainly just focuses on how gender affects it. There are many other factors that go into the phenomena aside from gender, such as age, social class, level of education, and more. Rational conflict theory would illuminate the reasoning behind one’s choice to be racist or why people of color react to racism the ways that they do. However, it sets aside nonrational ways of thinking. Emotions, for example, are not always rational yet cause people to do certain things that may not be considered right. Each approach has its own strengths and weaknesses, all of which can still help to understand a
Feminist theory will illuminate particularly how a woman would experience racism towards her or being racist towards another person. It can give insight on how racism may affect a woman’s family or how she interacts with others. It can also help to explain if the racist views a woman has may come from the men surrounding her or views of people at her workplace. However, it sets aside how men experience this phenomena and mainly just focuses on how gender affects it. There are many other factors that go into the phenomena aside from gender, such as age, social class, level of education, and more. Rational conflict theory would illuminate the reasoning behind one’s choice to be racist or why people of color react to racism the ways that they do. However, it sets aside nonrational ways of thinking. Emotions, for example, are not always rational yet cause people to do certain things that may not be considered right. Each approach has its own strengths and weaknesses, all of which can still help to understand a