Answer to Stephen J. Bahr's "Comment on 'The Study of Family Power Structure: A Review 1960-1969'"

Abstract

The history of science shows that whenever a was formulated, accepted, and satisfactorily used for some time, when finally all the necessary evidence accumulated that showed the inadequacy or powerlessness of the to explain the available data, still the resistance was high. Scientists like to cling to the old, like a child to his blanket. Mr. Bahr should not feel bad for falling in this category, he is in very good company! Theories die hard! Actually, Blood and Wolfe's resource theory (Blood and Wolfe, 1960) has admirably served its function since it stimulated a number of important cross-cultural family studies. As a matter of fact I have been one of