According to the text, mothers are typically awarded custody for which the following reasons?
a. Women usually prefer custody and men do not
b. Custody to the mother is objectively better.
c. Placing the child in the father's custody places them at greater risk for abuse.
d. The law reflects a bias that assumes men are naturally better able to care for children.
a
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A. moral failure B. psychological dispositions C. genetic disposition D. lack of self-control
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A. dominant culture B. counterculture C. ethnocentrism D. cultural relativism
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a. It alienates citizens. b. It enhances the legitimacy of the state. c. It leads to increased role conflict. d. It tends to have no effect at all.
_____ explains the social construction of sexual identity by appealing to its shaping by culture and society.
A. Conflict theory B. Functionalist theory C. Symbolic interaction theory D. Social control theory