Smith points out that sociology is a part of this ideological structure. The discourses, themes, etc are organized and articulated by men. Women may now take part in sociology and in academics in general, but the discipline is still a masculine one. The male perspective has been instutionalized. The most powerful mechanism of this control is the educational process by which we are taught to accept the ideology and lose connection to our real experience.
Women are simply outside of the frame.
The world as sociology knows it is organized according the ruling apparatus. Women's positions are subordinate and we are largely silent within the discourse. Smith's proposal is to start from experience and actualities of women's situations. The assumptions and social organization of the discipline would thereby be challenged because they do not fit with the organization of our experiences. Society has created for women a different relation to the world.