APPROACHES TO THE FEMINIST CRITIC OF

SOCIOLOGY
• INTEGRATION
• SEPARATISM
• RE-CONCEPTUALISATION
 INTEGRATION
• Main the problem according to feminist is the
sexist bias in mainstream of sociology.
• It is important to reform the existing ideas and
practices in sociology.
• Thirdly feminists wanted to bring women in and
fill the existing gaps in our knowledge.
• Insisted to carry out research and incorporate
women in samples and to reform existing
theories by removing sexism.
• Integration approach too has a limitation,
women are still continue to be marginalized.
• They will only be an addition to the syllabus
• Mere lip service by including women in
research.
 SEPARATISM
• According to this approach, what is needed is a
sociology for women by women.
• Feminist should not be concerrned with only
trying to change the biases, but to develop a
sociological knowledge which is specifically by
and about women.
• Because as gender is seen as primary dicision in
society, women are both exploited and
dominated by men.
• Limitation of this approach is that by ignoring
men , important aspects of womens social
reality will be ignored.
• Any analysis of womens oppressionmust be
analyse the role played by men.
 RECONCEPTUALISATION
• This approach recognises the need for
sociological research by women and for
women.
• To carry out research on men and boys as well
as women and girls by women.
• In conclusion, what is needed is a total and
radical reformulation of sociology , so that is
able to incorporate women adequately.