Compare and contrast the theories of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Talcott Parsons and provide a critique of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman viewed heterosexual marriage between males and females as a sexuoeconomic relation. Women were expected to be financially dependent on men and, in turn, serve as caregivers for their husband and children. Their gender socialization included significant pressure to find a husband, who, in turn, felt obligated to support them. The sexual relationship between men and women also became an economic one, leaving both parties unhappy. Functionalist sociologist Talcott Parsons argued that women were socialized in the family to acquire expressive qualities, such as sympathy and emotionality, needed in the private sphere of the home. Men were socialized into instrumental qualities, such as rationality and competitiveness, needed for the capitalist workplace.
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Official arrest rate data show that lower socioeconomic status group members are more likely to be involved in crimes. The chief reason for this appears to be that __________
a. police are assigned to lower-income communities in greater numbers, so there is a tendency for police records to show higher crime rates for those communities b. poverty is the most important cause of crime c. the criminal justice system is run by nonminority individuals who do not arrest and prosecute members of their own groups d. there are biological characteristics which minorities possess that lead them to commit crime e. minority group members commit most crimes
Name and define the three dimensions of social stratification
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Which of the following procedures would be more likely to produce an unbiased sample for a survey?
a. conducting "man-on-the-street" interviews. b. placing an advertisement in the paper for volunteer subjects. c. producing a list of random phone numbers. d. selecting every third name in the telephone book.
Death was “resurrected” after 1945, why?
a. The atomic age brought about the possible annihilation of the entire human race. b. The losses of millions of soldiers in WWII “brought death home” for the world. c. People began to fear death more because of the increase in infant deaths. d. Society began to look inward for answers, and death as a topic naturally evolved.