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The paper relates that the sociological concept of gender did not receive any real attention until the second half of the 20th century, primarily because of entrenched assumptions in the male dominated field of sociology that because women generally played minimal roles in history and society, their impact was too negligible to merit the attention of sociologists. The paper shows how similar flawed thinking led to conclusions that gender differences were irrelevant to whatever issues were being debated in the social sciences.

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"The sociological concept of gender did not receive any real attention until the second half of the 20th century, primarily because of entrenched assumptions in the male dominated field of sociology that because women generally played minimal roles in history and society, their impact was too negligible to merit sociological research. Similar flawed thinking led to conclusions that gender differences were irrelevant to whatever issues..."

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