Discuss how gender affects an individual’s life chances. In your discussion, give at least two examples, supported by your text, that illustrate specific ways in which gender influences life chances, access to resources, and/or quality of life.
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The text discusses many ways in which gender impacts life chances. Women across all categories fare less well than men across all regions of the world. In all measures, women have less access to resources, fewer opportunities, and more limited life chances. Examples include: lower political representation, earnings, literacy, victimization/sexualized violence, lack of land rights, etc.
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The paternalistic systems of Indian reservations and slave plantations differed in that
a. Only on the plantation was status determined totally on the basis of race b. Blacks were exploited for their labor while Indians were exploited for their land c. The plantation was repressive while the reservation was not d. Indians were free to move about while blacks were not
Maggie wanted to do a study of women who had participated in extramarital affairs. Since there is no sampling frame listing all such women, she visited a women's group and asked for volunteers among those who had participated in an affair. She then asked each of those women for the names of other possible study participants. She was using which design?
a. quota sampling b. purposive sampling c. snowball sampling d. simple random sampling e. stratified sampling
Which of these is NOT an example of how a specific sociology subfield can offer preparation for employment?
a. training in race relations for work in human resources (personnel) departments, hospitals, or day-care centers b. course work in juvenile delinquency for psychiatric work with teenagers c. background in urban sociology for use in urban planning, law enforcement, and social work d. understanding gender and race is valuable background for work in community planning, arbitration, and sexual harassment cases e. criminology is desirable for jobs in criminal justice, probation, and juvenile delinquency
The most consistently reported effect of divorce on women is the sharp decline they experience in their ______.
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