NCJ Number
172171
Journal
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Dated: special issue (Fall 1997) Pages: 241-254
Date Published
1997
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This article examines several contemporary theoretical perspectives in order to better understand how classism and sexism interact in the daily lives of women in the United States, and to better understand female crime in the United States.
Abstract
The article discusses Marxism, feminist theory, patriarchal analysis, power, social control, and social change, focusing on Marxism and the dialectic to demonstrate the interrelationship between sexism and racism. The article attempts to analyze power relationships and how power is used to control women and keep them women in a subordinate status. Women in the United States and other highly industrialized countries enjoy more freedom than women in the Third World and underdeveloped nations, which have made little progress toward gender equality. Although women's suffering continues in every country, women are the spiritual center of the social structure. The article considers the future of feminism in the United States and discusses the need for women of the Third World, women of color, and mainstream feminists in the United States to join together in new relationships through a shared comprehension of an emerging theory and method of oppositional consciousness. References