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Originally Posted by [Malks] Pixie
Except that it isn't a blanket statement - it's a descriptor for how certain forces within particular societies operate. Just like any other field it's a piece of jargon to condense a whole lot of ideas into a short phrase that saves time in discussions within the field (instead of having to qualify every little thing - one phrase instead of 5 pages of explaining).
If you seriously want to understand some of rationales behind it I do strongly suggest just having a look at the wikipedia page on the idea - it's pretty good and does cover where the idea came from, what fields constituted it (and how different fields constitute it differently), how it has developed over time AND the critiques of it (including all the questions you asked above about how things are accounted for in research) as a term and where it has weakness. |
I've read some literature, though i'm yet to find a balanced literature review from the likes of Peggy McIntosh re: negatives of being a male. To me that seems like her research has bias. Or perhaps I'm not researching enough?