The functionalist perspective emphasizes


Answer: how parts of a society are structured to maintain stability.

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Studies suggest that employed wives do not exert any greater power in the home than nonemployed wives

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A bureaucracy is a very __________ type of secondary group.

a. fair b. formal c. informal d. irrational

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A wet nurse, sperm donor, and child bearer are examples of:

a. sexual identities
b. gender identities
c. sex roles
d. both sexual identities and gender identities

Sociology

Expulsion refers to the process of

A. deliberately and systematically killing an entire people or the members of a nation. B. forsaking a cultural identity in order to become part of a different culture. C. combining a majority group and a minority group to form a new group. D. expelling a group of people from a territory.

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