1. Durkheim's Milieu. The Structural Context. The Discursive Context. Text and Context -- 2. Descriptions of Women. The Structures and Functions of Sexuality. The Structures and Functions of the Family. The Social Functions of the Sexual Division of Labor -- 3. Prescriptions for Women. The Rejection of Feminism. The Appropriation of Feminism: Separate but Equal. The Appropriation of Feminism: Equal but Different -- 4. Contradictions: The Problem of Women. The Theory of Organicism. The Theory of Social Determinism. The Theory of Liberalism -- 5. Theories of Race, Class, and Sex. Race and Racism. Class and Socialism. Sex and Feminism -- 6. The Contemporary Milieu. The Structural Context. The Discursive Context.
Summary
The first book-length work to present a feminist analysis of the theoretical writings of Emile Durkheim, often viewed as the father of modern sociology.
