Dorothy Smith's Standpoint Theory

Besides the perspective of labor, morals and manners there is also another perspective that has affected me personally in the home seating and my education. Dorothy Smith’s standpoint theory, “is grounded by the assertion that women have devalued social statuses in patriarchal societies” (Roberts, 2015). Smith argues that men have obtained the most values and powerful positions in the paid employment. For decades men have been more recognized for either effort in the work force than women. Even though today more women are in the work force, they are still expected to come home to clean, cook, wash and care for the children. According to Seidman, “women’s contributions to the making of society have been ignored” (2013). Women not only obtain a day time job, but we can actually refer to their house work as a second job, because it sums the same hours as a part time job or even a full time job. In my situation even though I’m not married and still live at home, I’m expected to attend school, attend my regular employment, come home to clean and then do my homework. As I am the first child in my family to pursue an education after high school, my parents, especially my father does not understand how difficult it is to balance everything at once. …show more content…
All three connect in affecting my personal life and also my studies at CSUSM. Acknowledging the perspectives of these three Sociological theorists, has allowed me to analyze my own life and how I have been impacted in my past and in my present by there theories. Sociological theories have allowed individuals to recognize “increasingly clear pictures of the most critical features of our social world”, that many weren’t aware