Drawing on , Sprague critiques the discipline’s conceptual preference for "decontextualized abstractions". She argues that the "standard" unit of analysis in sociology is often an abstract individual, which reflects the life experiences of men whose daily physical and emotional needs are traditionally managed by others (typically women). This allows male theorists to view the world as a series of abstract structures and rational choices, ignoring the "relations of reproduction" and lived experiences that are sociologically invisible in mainstream theory. 3. Institutional Power and Exclusion
And there, sitting on a bench, was the boy from the Polaroid. Older now, maybe thirty, with tired eyes and the same cowlick. joey 1997
At the top, the slide twisted into darkness. Joey hesitated, then let go. Drawing on , Sprague critiques the discipline’s conceptual