The ___________ Amendment extended the right to vote to women.
a. Nineteenth
b. Twentieth
c. Fifteenth
d. Fourteenth
a. Nineteenth
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The birth rate in the United States has been ________ while life expectancy has been ________
A) decreasing; increasing B) steady; decreasing C) increasing; decreasing D) decreasing; steady
A recognized psychological condition used to describe someone who has been the victim of consistent and/or severe domestic violence is called:
a) learned helplessness. b) shame inducement. c) open conflict. d) intimate terrorism. e) Battered Women's Syndrome.
Domestic violence shelters:
A. are temporary safe houses for women and children who are escaping an abusive relationship. B. began after World War II because of the high rate of violence among intimates during that period. C. now receive relatively generous federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture because the need is so great. D. are usually co-ed because men are also victims of violence by partners.
Gender Lessons Learned in ChildhoodIn this activity, you will think about how you were taught to express your gender as a child. Socialization is an important part of childhood. Our parents, peers, and teachers, not to mention the media we consume, communicate to us in countless ways how to behave properly as a boy or a girl. If you were raised as a girl, make a list of the kind of lessons you have been taught about how a polite or good young woman should act. If you were raised as a boy, make a list of the kind of lessons you have been taught about how a polite or good young man should behave. Think back to your childhood/youth and answer the following questions with as many examples as you can:"When I was a child, I was taught that a polite young man or young woman should _______." If
you were raised as a boy, you might report examples like "never hit a girl." If you were raised as a girl, you might remember examples like "be sure to cross your legs at the ankle." What will be an ideal response?