Michael Kaufman Power

According to Michael Kaufman (1994), there are five kinds of control found in a male dominated society. The first form of control is that one class has a control over economic resources and politics. This pertains to the hierarchy of social classes. Having a higher status in a society makes an individual powerful especially over the resources and politics. In a male dominated society, most of the individuals who are found on the top of the hierarchy are males. This shaped the minds of the people that men are more powerful than women. Second form of control is that adults have control over children. Most of the adults would think that they are better than the children because they have more experiences and that they are older. Third form of

Power as control is present in our daily lives, whether obviously over subtly, especially in a society where hierarchy and inequality is present. Kaufman furthered explained that individuals cannot use and develop their own capacities to an equal extent because power means taking control or advantage of something or someone. Power and equality cannot be used together because taking advantage of something using power means there is inequality. According to C.B. Machpherson, a political philosopher, human power is used to develop human capacities. He believes that human beings are doers and creators and have the capabilities to meet their needs and to fight injustices and oppression. He states that individuals have the power of muscle and brains and the power to love. Machpherson thinks that these powers can develop human’s

Nussabaum backed her claim by telling what Aristophanes said, that all human beings are divided into halves, and the pursuit for the other half is through the sexual desires. He also claimed that superior people are those who lost their other half with the same sex, meaning male-male pairs. This pairs are considered superior because they are likely to be the strongest and most warlike and civically minded people. Another argument made by FInnis which Nussbaum disproved is that a relationship is better if it seeks to create a community, rather than to seek casual pleasure. By stating this, Nussbaum believed that what Finnis is implying in his argument is that the only reason for sexual relations is for a procreation. Nussbaum (1993) said that there are also other reasons for sexual relations, not just for precreation. They are also for creating a community of love and friendship, which is an important human