'West And Fenstermaker Doing Difference'

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1. According to the authors West and Fenstermaker “doing difference” focuses on the inevitability of inequality, they state that the gender system of oppression is hopelessly resistant to real change and by ignoring the link between social interaction and structural change can have an impact on relations between men and women. This is an expansion of “doing gender” due to them simply elaborating and bringing new thoughts and perspectives into play. The authors refer and elaborate more on their views of “doing gender.” It is important to take this more inclusive perspective the authors believe that this can reveal the mechanisms by which power is exercised and how inequality is produced. For example West and Fenstermaker states that gender,

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