According to Eden and Kefalas ("What Marriage Means"), poor women believe
a. marriage is one of the best ways to achieve financial stability.
b. men should provide most of the financial support in marriage.
c. marriage should be for life.
d. a, b, and c are all correct.
C
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Karp's perspective on dysfunctional families is that
a. families will break down when too much is demanded of them. b. family members must take more personal responsibility to keep families intact. c. rising rates of divorce and family abuse are directly related to the influence of the media. d. government interference with family freedoms.
Regarding marriage, which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Historically, marriage has extended the rights of men while restricting the rights of women. (b) The violence that women suffer at the hands of their husbands began in the late 1800s. (c) The marital obligations and rights of women have been defined primarily in terms of their service to children. (d) Beginning in the late 1800s men could legally beat their wives.
Researchers have shown that there are gendered differences in how men and women signal interest in one another. Which of the following best represents the differences found?
A. Men are more likely to "hang out" near women who they are attracted to, and women are more likely to dress provocatively around men they find attractive. B. Men are likely to engage in direct conversation, and women are more likely to use indirect tactics like "accidentally" being near men that interest them. C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B
Male dominance today is based in part upon the use of, or threat of the use of, force against women.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)