Feminists argue that, prior to the emergence of feminism as a major perspective, sociologists of deviance typically:
A) over-emphasized women's deviant behavior.
B) saw women's deviance as deviance in general.
C) over-emphasized the role and importance of women as victims of crime.
D) had a skewed view of women's deviance when they did study it, looking almost exclusively at particular, female-stereotyped types of behavior.
E) none of the above

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Feminists argue that prior to the emergence of feminism as a major perspective, sociologists of deviance had a skewed view of women's deviance when they did study it, looking almost exclusively at particular, female-stereotyped types of behavior. They did not pay enough attention to other forms of deviance that women might engage in or the structural reasons for such behavior.

Feminists Argue That, Prior to the Emergence of Feminism as a Major