Which perspective suggests that men may have become powerful in preindustrial times because their size, physical strength, and freedom from childbearing duties allowed them to dominate women physically?

A. conflict perspective
B. functionalist perspective
C. global perspective
D. interactionist perspective


Answer: A

Sociology

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a. true b. false

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a. White women … White men. b. Black men … Black women. c. White women … Black men. d. Black men … White women.

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Durkheim discovered the importance of ______ on the suicide rate.

a. social ties b. finances c. global problems d. intersectionality

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Toby is a welfare caseworker who refuses to assist homeless families if their last apartment was in another district. He blindly applies rules and regulations without remembering the larger goals of his organization. According to Merton's anomie theory of deviance, Toby would be classified as a(n) ________.

A. ritualist B. retreatist C. innovator D. rebel

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