In particular, most women do a number of things out of fear of being raped, such as avoiding walking alone at night, holding their keys out like a weapon, or checking the back seat of a car to make sure no one is hiding there. The point is that most women experience the fear of rape, if not rape itself. This fear controls women by restricting their activities. Moreover, these behaviors will do nothing to prevent the most likely kind of rape--acquaintance rape.
What will be an ideal response?
The four factors that seem to make men more likely to rape women are (1) growing up in a violent home environment, (2) delinquency, (3) sexual promiscuity, and (4) hostile masculine personality.
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Which of the following was a consequence of the Navigation Acts?
A. They gave Chesapeake planters a ready market for their staple crops. B. They caused a depression in the fishing industry in the Middle Colonies. C. They stimulated the colonial shipbuilding industry, especially in New England. D. They had a negative economic impact on all of the colonies.
Which of the following made it easier for musicians to work at their craft in the 1700s?
a) widespread printing of scores and stronger copyright laws b) the introduction of a music major at European universities Consider This: Up until the 1700s, many musicians worked only part-time, having to supplement their wages with other jobs. See 5.8: Narrative: Some Romantic Music. c) widespread royal sponsorship of workshops producing musical instruments Consider This: Up until the 1700s, many musicians worked only part-time, having to supplement their wages with other jobs. See 5.8: Narrative: Some Romantic Music. d) the introduction of the pianoforte Consider This: Up until the 1700s, many musicians worked only part-time, having to supplement their wages with other jobs. See 5.8: Narrative: Some Romantic Music.
Why did U.S. officials favor forced assimilation for Native Americans in the late nineteenth century? How did they implement it?
What will be an ideal response?
The Committee of Vigilance in San Francisco eventually led to
a. the passage of a California law that outlawed vigilantism. b. the outbreak of violence between vigilantes and supporters of the elected city government. c. the spread of vigilantism to the mining districts, where American men were encouraged to attack Indians. d. the vigilantes' creation of their own political party that dominated city politics and institutionalized government by merchants and businessmen.