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Feminist Sociology is defined as a conflict theory and theoretical perspective which observes gender in its relation to power, both at the level of face-to-face interaction and reflexive within a social structure at large. It focuses on feminism, race, nationality, and economic statuses of people. The author of “Boundaries and Silences in a Post-Feminist Sociology,” Penny Edgell Becker, spoke immediately about experiencing how feminism was taken for granted back in the 1980s. Of all the articles found, they each related, or connected, feminist sociology to race, nationality, and/or economic status. However, Penny Beckers article talked a lot about post feminism. Post Feminism is used to describe reactions against contradictions and absences in feminism, especially second-wave feminism and third-wave feminism.

The first wave of feminism was in the 20th century, from 1900 until 1959 and it was based mostly on the suffrage of women, rights of property, as well as political candidacy. The second wave was the 1960s through the 1980s and this wave focused on getting rid of the inequalities between sex, families, work, rights, and legal inequalities. The third wave was from the 1990s until the 2000s and it focused on embracing individualism as well as diversity. The fourth wave wasn’t talked about, but it was from 2008 until the present day and it focuses on combating sexual harrassment, assaults, and misogyny. Each of these relate to feminist sociology in a way.

According to “Rethinking Burawoy,” feminist sociology is doing research and being open to different ideas based on gender, as well as sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and economic status(Creese 2009). Burawoy divided sociology into four types: professional, critical, public, and policy(Creese 2009). However, there are feminist that believe there is more to it than just public, policy, critical, and professional. “Equally important, however, is the fact that Burawoy’s identification of four distinct forms of sociology is itself questionable(Creese 2009). Things change when the idea of a male dominated world is being challenged.

Siobhan Somerville’s article, “Feminism, Queer Theory, and The Racial Closet,” all three of those items all play a role in today’s feminist sociology. Feminism, queer theory, and race come up multiple times throughout this last article. Siobhan(2010) states that “feminist theory was understood as the theoretical framework to be reckoned with in that moment.”