Larry believes that there are more widowed women in the world than men. Give a suitable answer that would support and strengthen Larry's belief
What will be an ideal response?
There are five major reasons for the gender differences in widowhood. First, women tend to live longer than men, which increases their likelihood of being widowed. Second, a wife typically is three or four years younger than her husband, which also increases the likelihood that she will survive him. Third, at age 65 and older, there are 77 males for every 100 females. This means that the marriage market for older males is better than for their female counterparts.
Fourth, among women and men age 50 and older, 63 percent of men, compared with only 22 percent of women, want to date someone who's much younger. And the older a man is, the more likely that he wants to date a much younger woman.
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b. interrole conflict. c. role strain. d. work spillover.
Sociologist Diane Vaughan investigated the tragedy of the 1986 Challenger explosion and found that engineers suspected damage to the O-rings, but convinced each other the O-rings would not fail. This is an example of:
a. groupthink. b. tame shift. c. the minority report. d. risky shift.
Luis has just received a stern lecture from his mother about his poor grade in algebra. His mother's lecture is an example of a __________.
A. value reinforcer B. positive sanction C. norm violation D. negative sanction
The author explains that the purpose of the text is to help the reader understand the "deeper game" associated with sports. This "deeper game" refers to
A. hidden strategies used by coaches and athletes as they play sports. B. underlying personality characteristics of people in sports. C. connections between sports and the larger social world. D. performance statistics for teams and players.