committed sociology

• sociologists shouldn't just spell out their values in the research but should also take sides and impose the values and interests of certain groups
• Gouldner


  value free sociology is impossible and undesirable

  impossible - a sociologists own values or those of their paymasters are inevitable going to be reflected in their research

  undesirable - without values to guide research, sociologists are simply selling their services to the highest bidder
• Becker


  it is inevitable that sociologists take sides

  they should take take the side of the underdog rather than the powerful

  partly because less is known about these groups but also because their stories need to be told in order to redress the balance
• Feminists

  conduct their research entirely based on their values and political opinions

  argue that sociology should be driven by the desire to make society better and should be used to expose the injustice of patriarchy