Which perspective suggests that men may originally have become powerful in preindustrial times because their size, physical strength, and freedom from childbearing duties allowed them to dominate women physically, but in contemporary societies such considerations are not so important?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. global perspective
B. conflict perspective
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A(n) ________ is a subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than do members of a dominant group
a. minority group b. governing group c. stratified group d. elite group
In reading a table that someone else has constructed, the rule of thumb is
a. if the table is percentaged down, read across, and if the table is percentaged across, read down. b. if the table is percentaged down, read down. c. if the table is percentaged across, read across. d. if the table is percentaged down, read down, and if the table is percentaged across, read across. e. there is no rule of thumb for reading percentages in a table that someone else has constructed.
Gilbert defines ______ as “groups of families or households, more or less equal in rank and differentiated from other families above or below them with regard to characteristics such as occupation, income, wealth, and prestige.” (p. 11).
A. life chances B. the political elite C. class consciousness D. social classes
Immigration, colonialism, and in the case of Blacks, _________ determined the racial and ethnic makeup of present-day society in the United States.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).