Discuss the causes, meaning, and long-term importance of the sexual revolution and the sexual counterrevolution in the United States
What is an Ideal response?
• 1960 saw the introduction of the birth control pill.
• Greater sexual freedom also meant moving away from the traditional double standard where men had much more sexual freedom than women. Many feminists placed attitudes about sexuality at the heart of male domination.
• By the 1970s, a conservative sexual counterrevolution was under way calling for a return to traditional "family values."
• Rates of infection of most STDs—including gonorrhea, syphilis, and genital herpes—began to rise during the sexual revolution of the 1960s. By the 1980s, the increasing danger of STDs played a part in encouraging the sexual counterrevolution, described earlier in this chapter.
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According to the text's discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation:
a. gender identity is a social construction that is built during social interaction. b. sexual orientation is not a result of socialization. c. gender identity is not susceptible to change over time. d. sexual orientation is not susceptible to change over time.
Hirschi's somewhat innovative measurement of social class background is
_______. a. father's income b. father's years of schooling + mother's years of schooling c. an index of cultural objects in the home (e.g., newspapers, books) d. family income e. all of the above
Mishel and Rothstein argue that we are best served by focusing primarily on schools to make American firms more competitive
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Studies indicate that most girls and women learn best in cooperative, rather than competitive, learning activities.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)