Which perspective suggests that men may originally have become powerful in preindustrial times because their size, physical strength, and freedom from childbearing duties allowed them to dominate women physically, but in contemporary societies such considerations are not so important?
A) functionalist perspective
B) conflict perspective
C) interactionist perspective
D) global perspective

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The conflict perspective suggests that men may have become powerful in preindustrial times due to their physical dominance over women, but in contemporary societies where physical strength is not as important, other factors such as education or social status may be more influential in determining power dynamics between genders. The other perspectives (functionalist, interactionist, global) do not specifically address the issue of gendered power dynamics in this way.

Which Perspective Suggests That Men May Originally Have Become Powerful