Name three cultural forces affecting and shaping divorce trends
What will be an ideal response?
- Changes in popular opinion concerning divorce;
- Lawmakers' desires to make divorce laws more consistent with the behaviors of those seeking divorce (i.e. did the spouse really have an affair, or was this story fabricated in order to facilitate divorce?);
- Changes in the acceptance of divorce among religious denominations;
- Recognition of the impact of special groups, such as fathers' rights and women's rights;
- Desires among helping professionals (therapists, counselors, pastors, priests, social workers, family life educators) to make the processes of divorce less harmful and adversarial.
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Discuss the characteristics and trends in marriage among U.S. families
What will be an ideal response?
Michael walked into the classroom and shot each of his 22 classmates. Fourteen people died from the injuries and nine survived. This is a case of __________
A) serial murder B) mass murder C) statutory murder D) big murder
The belief that girls shouldn't plan to have sex because it makes them look promiscuous is a
A. sexual script. B. myth. C. stereotype. D. media distortion.
Which sociological perspective would be particularly concerned about studies that show that White criminal offenders receive shorter sentences than comparable Latino and African-American offenders?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. feminist perspective