http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/1759/oluwatosin-shenbanjo Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:45:15 -0400 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:45:15 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/796/falsifying-the-existence-of-women-exploring-marxian-and-gender-theories-in-mad-men-to-examine-roles-of-consciousness-in-the-gender-dynamics-of-the-workplace By Oluwatosin Shenbanjo - One may contend that attaining unadulterated awareness of one’s existence is, in present society, idealistic. Specifically, such achievement is unlikely if, in the midst of oppressive forces, one rests in a state of what sociologists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels deem “false consciousness.” Defined as a detrimental condition in which members of the proletariat – the oppressed, working class – misunderstand “their real situation in society,” false consciousness nurtures an inverted sense of existence for members of the working class who are dominated by... Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:49 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/796/falsifying-the-existence-of-women-exploring-marxian-and-gender-theories-in-mad-men-to-examine-roles-of-consciousness-in-the-gender-dynamics-of-the-workplace