A hospital has a policy of not hiring men as nurses, even if the applicants have earned high grades in their courses and on their board exams, because the hospital administration thinks that "patients will be uncomfortable with a male nurse." This is an example of ________.
A. instrumentality
B. institutional discrimination
C. segregation
D. expressiveness
Answer: B
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a. true b. false
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A. People are free to choose the person with whom they form a family. B. Monogamy is not required or expected in marriage. C. Marriages may be "open," meaning both partners are allowed sexual intimacy with others. D. Cohabitation replaces marriage.
Why did curriculum expand by the 20th century?
What will be an ideal response?
According to Mills, the institutional positions men and women occupy throughout their lifetimes determine the values they will hold. He called this __________.
A. the pyramid of power B. psychological similarity C. social interaction D. coinciding interests