Standpoint Theory: Men, Women, And Lower-Class

Standpoint theory says that we interpret the world and form our identity through our unique life experiences. We can combine this with the previous talk of the looking glass self. Both men and women, and upper-class and lower-class view the world differently based on their separate experiences. Men were treated and created by society to be dominate, superior, and having more rights than women. Men viewed the world with a dominate standpoint. Years ago, men would dominate kingdoms, servants, the community, and wives. They had complete control over their wife and the parts of the areas they ruled over. Women were subordinate and took that role. They viewed it as being lesser then men and they viewed the world as something always to be obeying …show more content…
If they were to kill their sons, they could take over the kingdom and gain more rights. Most women were too scared and obeying of the world. Women at this time, also took to the idea of what beauty was. The upper class women were seen with lots of clothing and long nails to show that they do not work. It was a sign of prestige. Women in the upper class often looked down on the lower-class as dirty and having to work. Their view of the world and classes was a bit snobbish. The thing that made both classes common was that each needed to marry to survive. Many were left with views less than happy and promising. People also had to marry at a certain age of deal with the penalties. During the middle ages Christianity began to take root and project their message of God and marriage. Christians believed that marriage undermined the self-control needed to achieve spiritual salvation. They also did not agree with divorce. Those who were Christians during these times viewed society as wrong and not with the Path of God. In a sense they looked down upon those who were not religious and decided to take over government tasks to take ahold of marriage and change …show more content…
Their views of women, still holding to the breadwinner/homemaking model, but were becoming more equal. Equality was beginning to be seen in the world. As women worked and dealt with home life, many women were bringing more skills to marriages. This made marriage and society more productive over all. Because they were often older when they did marry, childbearing did not take a huge toll on them. Sexuality had as much to do with childbearing as it did with how each sex experienced life and their views on the topic. Women were seen as being pure and moral. Men were seen as having sexual urges that needed to be restrained. Women did take on this view for themselves and other women. But, because not all women were properly, there were prostitutes. These two types of women have very different views. The pure one looks down at the prostitutes and sees the world as pure as they are. They also see that they world isn’t as beautiful as one might think. Prostitutes do what they do to survive, usually consisting of the lower class. They can view the world as cruel with strain and no options. People look down on them and men use them. They have no reason to view they world as gracious, but demeaning and