In the United States, "individual achievement" is the focus of the ideology behind the system of stratification. This idea that individual effort determines one's lot in life
A. promotes individual achievement.
B. implicitly justifies inequality.
C. promotes justice.
D. improves the economy.
Answer: B
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Civil religion in the U.S. is seemingly antithetical to the constitutional demand for separation of church and state
a. true b. false
__________ indicates values that are at least twice the median
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Darren is an ad executive and works 60 hours a week. His stay-at-home wife, Samantha, cooks his meals, cleans and irons his clothes, and hosts dinner parties for him in an effort to help him do well as the breadwinner
These things that Samantha does for her husband are examples of __________. A) reproductive labor B) second shift C) modernity D) cohabitation