Sociobiologists maintain that the incest taboo develops in human societies because:
a. inbreeding leads to the emergence of life-threatening characteristics
b. it is immoral
c. people are incapable of handling the guilt associated with incest
d. the family has a need for well-developed statuses and roles, which would not emerge if incest were permitted
A
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Many thousands of complaints of sexual harassment are filed each year in agencies at all levels of government; of these, ________ percent are filed by men
a. less than 10 b. 15 c. 25 d. 30 e. over 50
58 percent of women's college teams have a head coach who is male; less than 2 percent of men's teams have a female head coach. This state of affairs qualifies as a __________ pattern
a. normalized b. gender neutral c. sexualized d. gendered
According to Best and Lowney, claimsmakers
a. compete in a social problems marketplace, seeking to arouse concern about particular issues. b. like most public relations professionals, come and pass quickly without long term social implications. c. create moral panics that enable them to profit handsomely.. d. always have long-lasting, public policy implications.
Violence that is tied to specific arguments and that erupts when a heated conflict gets out of hand is called:
A) intimate terrorism. B) intimate control. C) situational couple violence. D) violent resistance.