Sociology of the Family In William Goode’s article Why Men Resist the title is his statement of men’s attitude toward equality and the body his supporting theories. First and foremost he makes the point that there are and have always been socioeconomic and emotional contradictions in the way of full domination by men. The socioeconomic barrier is explained by the reasoning that any person held in a slavish, ignorant state are without productive value, and women who are in command of productive skills are more resistant exploitation. The emotional contradiction is that absolute love is unrealistic. Love and caring are mutual emotions. Men he claims have shown they are not d