Social Theories: Marxism and Radical Feminism

SOCIAL THEORIES 1
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SOCIAL THEORIES 2
Social science is a very broad school of knowledge and that has caused many researchers to
invest a lot of time and resources in the field. Various theories have been advocated by various
scholars. The theories include Marxism theory, feminism theory, structuralism theory, radical
feminism theory, post structuralism and post colonism theories. I agree with some theorists to
some extent. This reflection essay is written to reflect on the major discussions of the Marxism
and Radical feminism theorists and how the study of the theories is useful.
Marxist theory advocated that economics was the main reason for having social classes in the
society. The theory proposes that society has three social classes which are upper, middle and
lower classes. The upper class oppresses the lower class because the lower class works for the
upper class (Fuchs, 2012, p.712). Lower class provide labor while upper class provides capital
and resources need for production. Upper class own the wealth and factors of production and I
totally agree with the theorist perspectives. The wealth do not oppress the poor according to my
understanding of the theory because there is no forced labor. In todays’ world, that is can be
termed as contract between two people as there is offer acceptance and also considerations. The
theory depicts the practicality of modern world.
In modern world, a lot have changed especially trade unions have emerged to fight for the rights
of workers. The theory assumes that workers are forced to work but this is not the case because
that only happened during colonial times when slavery was rampant (Fuchs, 2012, p.712).
Slavery is illegal nowadays and that gives the wealthy people no room to oppress the poor in the
society. Minimum wages have also been set by government so as to avoid labor exploitation.
Basing on my knowledge about social theories, the theory does not have a lot of drawbacks like
other theories.