All of the following are ways U.S. society has attempted to protect women from marital rape and abuse, EXCEPT for
a) the passage of new laws.
b) establishing counseling programs for abusers.
c) severely punishing men who sexually or physically abuse their wives.
d) the creation of a network of women's shelters and safe houses.
c) severely punishing men who sexually or physically abuse their wives.
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An employee at a welfare office is so concerned with paperwork that he doesn't have time to administer to the needs of the poor, hungry, and homeless individuals who seek assistance. According to Merton's theory, this welfare worker would be a(n)
A. ritualist. B. rebel. C. innovator. D. retreatist.
Which of the following concepts refers to a rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people?
A) scapegoating B) discrimination C) racism D) prejudice
After studying three primitive Pickup Guinea peoples, Mead concluded that
a. gender roles are fixed at birth. b. human nature is sufficiently malleable to rule out biological determinants of gender roles. c. gender roles are essentially the same in all societies. d. gender roles are essentially the same in all preindustrial societies. e. there is considerable justification for a sexual division of labor.
In July 1995, a severe heat wave in Chicago revealed how one element of the population was particularly vulnerable in a scenario that anticipated likely tragedies, such as what happened in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
What did the sociologist Eric Klinenberg reveal and what special phrase did he coin to describe it? What will be an ideal response?