sociology, psychology, black history.

assimilation, accommodation, and equilibration = functional invariants

so piaget’s theory of cognitive development is interesting.

british feminism

‘Patriarchy, by definition, exhibits androcentrism—male-centered norms operating throughout all social institutions that become the standard to which all persons adhere. Sexism is reinforced when patriarchy and androcentrism combine to perpetuate beliefs that gender roles are biologically determined and therefore unalterable. For example, throughout the developing world beliefs about a woman’s biological unsuitability for other than domestic roles have restricted opportunities for education and achieving literacy. These restrictions have made men the guardians of what has been written, disseminated, and interpreted regarding gender and the placement of men and women in society. Until recently, history has been recorded from an androcentric perspective that ignored the other half of humanity (Chapter 5). This perspective has perpetuated the belief that patriarchy is an inevitable, inescapable fact of history, so struggles for gender equality are doomed to failure.’

’Interactionism has several subdivisions:

‘critically evaluate’

the ghanian empire was situated in present-day southeastern mauritania and western mali. it grew rich from the trans-saharan gold-salt trade.

so according to the book i’m reading, the ghanian empire’s gold came from wangara

‘Yvon Appleby has criticized Adrienne Rich's influential notion of compulsory heterosexuality for failing to appreciate the different context for disabled women (Appleby, 1993: 266): The pressures on disabled women to engage in heterosexual practice operate differently from those to which able-bodied women are subjected. Disabled women are particularly at risk of (hetero) sexual abuse and rape, while they are generally not considered to have any sexual feelings or functions (motherhood) and are therefore considered to be less than female.’