Which of the following statements concerning stepfamilies is true?
A. Children would be better off living with a couple in conflict than going through divorce and living with a new stepparent.
B. The well-being of children in stepfamilies is better, on average, than that of children in single-parent households.
C. Children raised by stepmothers are likely to have less health care, education, and money spent on their food than children raised by biological mothers.
D. All of these answers are correct.
Answer: C
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a. not very important for ending occupational segregation. b. very important for ending occupational segregation.
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a. the ways in which mental illness is associated with deprivation and inequality b. the ways that our definitions of "normal" and "deviant" behavior in social situations lead to definitions of mental disorders c. the difference in the quality of care between more affluent patients and those with very little money d. the manner in which societies marked by rapid social change can provide effective treatment to those who have a mental illness
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What will be an ideal response?
What does it mean to say that gender is socially constructed?
a. Each individual determines her or his own gender and its meanings. b. Gender is determined by biology. c. Sex and gender are the same. d. Society attaches norms and meanings to biological sex.