Conflict Theory: The Women's Movement

Elements of the conflict theory explain the precipitating factors that contribute to the organization and focus of the Women’s Movement. The Women’s Movement can be directly explained by conflict theory. According to the Openstax textbook, “conflict theory looks at society as a competition for limited resources” (16). According to conflict theory, society is defined by the struggle for power between social groups that compete for limited resources. Society is an arena of inequality that generates social conflict and social change. Conflict theory explains how to gender inequality came to exist. Men are trying, and succeeding, to maintain power over women. Throughout history, women have been seen as dependent on men. For example, men are often