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Outline and Evaluate the feminist contribution to sociological research.  

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David Rowley Outline and Evaluate the feminist contribution to sociological research Feminism is a movement for women trying to get equal rights for themselves. Feminism first emerged in the late 60's, but women as early as the beginning of the 20-century, called the Suffragette movement tried to get the vote for women. The Feminism movement of the 60's and especially feminist sociologists were critical of sociology, for ignoring gender issues and women and research being malestream. And so feminists took it upon themselves to open up new research other than that of research by men focusing on men. The new areas of research by women were taken into the work place, education and health. The women's liberation Movement in the early 60's founded the feminist perspective and had 7 aims such as: equal pay, equal education and job opportunities, 24-hour nurseries, free contraception and abortion, legal and financial independence for women. And...

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