The feminist theory that I’ll be discussing is the feminist institutional theory. According to Ritzer and Stepnisky, the theory states “that gender differences result from the different roles that women and men play within various institutional settings (Ritzer & Stepnisky, 2013). A major difference between men and women is the sexual division of labor in the family and how they are socialized as children and adults. This division of labor between the sexes links women to their roles as mothers, wives, and household workers; and in turn to a lifelong series of experiences and events that are completely different from a man’s life (Ritzer & Stepnisky, 2013). So basically, the way that men and women are brought up and their life experiences determines
