Tag Archives: Gender
“Peer Pressure”
“Peer Pressure” No one can resist peer pressure. Such is the judgment of Peter Berger, sociologist of knowledge. To this generalization, I am no exception. For that reason perhaps, peer pressure interests me. One time, I entered the lobby of … Continue reading
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Tagged "Feminism Without Contradictions", "Philosophic Foundations of Feminism", "The Enfranchisement of Women", "The Subjection of Women", academic feminism, American Philosophical Association, argumentative power, cutting edge, feminists, Gender, good old boys, groupthink, hair style, Harriet Taylor Mill, identity, John Stuart Mill, nineteenth-century philosophy, peer pressure, Peter Berger, professional meetings, role models, sex, sex roles, social pressure, sociology of knowledge, The Monist, the social construction of reality, Women's Studies
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“Finding Mr. Right”
“Finding Mr. Right” To marry off Abigail was never a cinch. My undergraduate years passed in a women’s college to which I commuted from a home that interested me more than my professors did, much less the callow young male … Continue reading
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