This theory is one that embraces the conflict approach to understanding and analyzing the roles of marriage and family in perpetuating inequalities in the male/female relationships
Because most societies the world over promote male domination in the home and in the workplace, it focuses on the plight of women.
A) feminist theory
B) lesbian theory
C) political maternalism
D) matriarchal theory
A
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A conflict emerging along generational lines is that ________
a. younger people are more and more involved in violence against the elderly b. younger people are unhappy about federal subsidy of retirement homes cutting into student education aid c. younger people are more willing to underwrite the Medicare program d. younger people are increasingly unhappy about paying Social Security taxes
Union membership is declining because of
a. spillover benefits to non-union members. b. shifts in employment away from traditional unionized industries. c. international competition. d. increased company resistance. e. all of the above
Studies of ecosystems have demonstrated that
A. a disturbance in one element in the ecosystem has an impact on the entire system. B. the ecosystem is actually composed of independent components that can change without affecting the others. C. there is really nothing that can be done about the health of the ecosystem—it is what it is. D. with proper management, all resources in the ecosystem can eventually be renewed.
The 1887 Dawes Act was part of a series of attempts to encourage Native American
a. genocide b. assimilation c. autonomy d. emancipation