Seeking to capture the multi-layered, contradictory, nature of subjectivities and social positions through a framework which insists upon the complex, dynamic nature of the social, intersectionality feminism has inspired Marxist-Feminists to push the social-reproduction feminism paradigm beyond a narrow preoccupation with gender/class relations. Yet even its most politically radical articulations stop short of fully theorising the integrative logic they espouse. This article explores the roots of this under-theorisation, and suggests that a more fully integrative ontology informs certain formulations of social-reproduction feminism. In understanding the social as constituted by practical human activity whose object (the social and natural world) is organised capitalistically, social-reproduction feminism highlights the dialectical relationship between the capitalist whole and its differentiated parts. The challenge for Marxist-Feminism is to embrace this dialectical approach while building on the insights of intersectionality feminism to more convincingly capture the unity of a complex, diverse social whole.

"Using U.S. census data, this study examines the differences in marriage rates and timing among White, Chinese American, and Japanese American women. An accelerated time model estimates the duration until marriage for each racial-ethnic group while controlling for nativity, education, birth cohort, ancestry, and English proficiency. Results show that White women have the shortest duration until marriage, with a smaller percentage remaining never married. Chinese American and Japanese American women delay first marriage longer and have higher percentages of never married women."

This article provides a critique and an addition to observations raised by Ballantine et al. in this issue. After reviewing the strengths of Ballantine et al.'s article about the need for a core in sociology, I argue that this debate has gone on long enough and needs to be reframed around areas of agreement. Three major curricular projects (that have already begun to move this discussion forward) are presented, including the American Sociological Association (ASA) High School National Standards; the ASA Task Force on Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major, Updated, Third Edition; and the Measuring College Learning (MCL) Project. A critical outcome of the MCL Project in sociology is the Sociological Literacy Framework, which is already changing conversations about sociology curricula and learning outcomes. The Sociological Literacy Framework is summarized, and use of this framework is discussed.

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Em sua busca por capturar a natureza contraditória e constituída por muitas camadas das subjetividades e das posições sociais através de uma perspectiva que insiste no caráter dinâmico e complexo do social, o feminismo interseccional tem inspiradoas feministas marxistas a levar o feminismo da reprodução social para além da preocupação estreita das relações gênero/classe. Ainda assim, mesmo suas articulações politicamente mais radicais, não alcançam uma teorização completa da lógica integrativa que defendem. Esse artigo explora as raízes dessa teorização insufi ciente,e sugere que ao compreender o social como constituído pela atividade humana prática cujo objeto (o mundo social e natural) é organizado de maneira capitalista, o feminismo da reprodução social ressalta a relação dialética entre o todo capitalista e suas diferentes partes. O desafi o para o feminismo marxista é adotar esta abordagemdialética apoiando-se nos insights do feminismo intersec-cional para capturar de maneira mais convincente a unidade de um todo social complexo e diverso.