Social Conflict Theory
Social Conflict Theory
I have decided to use a different approach to my essay and use personal experience for inspiration. As defined in the Wikipedia the “Social Conflict Theory is a Marxist-based social theory which argues that individuals and groups (social classes) within society have differing amounts of material and non-material resources (the wealthy vs. the poor) and that the more powerful groups use their power in order to exploit groups with less power.” There are many different scenarios that would hold true for the social conflict theory. However, for this essay I will use husband vs. wife because this is a little something I know a lot about. In my case my husband used his power to exploit and control me because he felt that I had less power than he did. Or maybe it was because I didn’t share his views, at any rate men treat women like this all of the time. The power that I am speaking of is not politics or weather he had more money than me, all of that did not matter. He was controlling and abusive. My next point covers the Rational Choice Theory in which I had to make a rational choice to stay and take the abuse or was I going to do something about it and get out. Well the choice I made was to put him in prison because that was the only was I was going to get rid of him so that I could lead a peaceful, safe, life so that I could raise my children in a safe home without conflict. That is where the Exchange Theory came in where I had to change the conditions needed for maintaining trust and solidarity by picking myself up and getting on with my life by finding someone who I could trust that would not try to control me with abuse. There are many countries that share experiences such as the one I have shared. This report is based on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in nine developing countries: Cambodia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Haiti, India, Nicaragua, Peru, and Zambia. These surveys, conducted mostly after 1998,
I have decided to use a different approach to my essay and use personal experience for inspiration. As defined in the Wikipedia the “Social Conflict Theory is a Marxist-based social theory which argues that individuals and groups (social classes) within society have differing amounts of material and non-material resources (the wealthy vs. the poor) and that the more powerful groups use their power in order to exploit groups with less power.” There are many different scenarios that would hold true for the social conflict theory. However, for this essay I will use husband vs. wife because this is a little something I know a lot about. In my case my husband used his power to exploit and control me because he felt that I had less power than he did. Or maybe it was because I didn’t share his views, at any rate men treat women like this all of the time. The power that I am speaking of is not politics or weather he had more money than me, all of that did not matter. He was controlling and abusive. My next point covers the Rational Choice Theory in which I had to make a rational choice to stay and take the abuse or was I going to do something about it and get out. Well the choice I made was to put him in prison because that was the only was I was going to get rid of him so that I could lead a peaceful, safe, life so that I could raise my children in a safe home without conflict. That is where the Exchange Theory came in where I had to change the conditions needed for maintaining trust and solidarity by picking myself up and getting on with my life by finding someone who I could trust that would not try to control me with abuse. There are many countries that share experiences such as the one I have shared. This report is based on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in nine developing countries: Cambodia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Haiti, India, Nicaragua, Peru, and Zambia. These surveys, conducted mostly after 1998,
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conflict_theory http://www.prb.org/Articles/2004/DomesticViolenceinDevelopingCountriesAnIntergenerationalCris is.aspx