According to the article by stephanie coontz ("how history and sociology can today's families"), situated social power is a phenomenon that occurs when … …someone has fewer socially valuable roles to fulfill than someone else. …someone has more socially valuable roles to fulfill than someone else. …someone has power over someone else by virtue of his/her social position.

The answer is C) Someone has power over someone else by virtue of his/her social position. Stephanie Coontz's concept of "Situated Social Power" explains how several groups in society possession of vast amounts of resources (Economic, Political power, and/or social status) combined with the resulting social differences, factor heavily to the point of hindering the possibility of the creation of a fair or even equal relationship between two members from different groups.

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