White law enforcement officials are more likely to arrest and imprison women of color than white women for similar violations of the law
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
true
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The idea that families are based on companionate dealings is the myth of
a. family relations. b. a unified family experience. c. separate worlds. d. a monolithic family form.
Eugenics was a sociopolitical program carried out in the United States and elsewhere during the 20th century. The program sought to engineer society by the social control of hereditarily-passed traits viewed as desirable or undesirable. This most closely fits which false assumption about health interrogated by sociologists?
A. Medicalization of society is unproblematic and has a net benefit for society. B. People have control over the factors that make them ill. C. Disease and illness are attributes of individuals. D. Genetics explains illness and disease to the exclusion of social factors.
Why was divorce a difficult option during the 1950s?
A. There were strict divorce laws. B. There were few economic opportunities for women. C. It was associated with social stigma. D. All of these answers are correct.
Most Americans view eating snails as unappetizing, but in France snails are considered a delicacy. According to Islands of Meaning, what is the best explanation for this difference?
A. Americans have unsophisticated tastes in food and can’t appreciate snails’ delicate flavor. B. Snails are categorized as food in France, thus the taste of the snails is perceived differently than in America where they are classified as inedible. C. The wide consumption of wine in France masks the taste of the snails. D. French law requires that all school children try snails at least once during their childhood.