Before the mid-1970s, junior high (or middle school) boys took "shop" and junior high (or middle school) girls took "home economics" That this practice was dropped since then (with neither shop nor home economics required in some school
districts, or both required of both sexes in other school districts) is proof to Carter and Hesse-Biber that the educational system no longer plays an important role in gender socialization.
a. true
b. false
b
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At least among the American middle class, traditional dating dominated through the
A) 1950s. B) 1960s. C) 1970s. D) 1980s.
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways women experience discrimination in the business world?
a. During the hiring process, women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men with equivalent qualifications. b. Women receive less pay than men for equivalent work. c. Women are fired more often than men. d. Women find it more difficult than men to advance up the career ladder. e. Women are positively sanctioned for motherhood.
Most new parents receive their parenting skills from:
a. the media. b. their own parents. c. parenting classes. d. child-rearing books.
Which of the following is a social invention?
a. capitalism b. the computer c. the printing press d. the axe