What is meant by the “feminization of poverty?”

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: It means that an increasing percentage of women are living in poverty throughout the world (and are associated with low prestige employment).

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a. ABO b. Rhesus c. MNS d. HLA

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In the Middle East, sedentism developed before plants and animals were domesticated.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following is not a way in which male and female skulls differ?

a. male skulls are more robust on average b. the mastoid process of the temporal bone is larger in males c. the orbital rim is sharper in males d. the female frontal is more vertical

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The rise in female employment in the United States, especially in professional careers, when coupled with ________, has dramatically increased household incomes in the upper classes. This pattern has been one factor sharpening the contrast in household income between the richest and poorest populations of Americans.

A. serial monogamy B. exogamy C. homogamy D. sororal polygyny E. endogamy

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