Outline the major categories of prostitution in the U.S. that sociologists have identified. Ideal answer would include
What will be an ideal response?
• Top-tier prostitutes typically are referred to as escorts or call girls and call boys.
• The second tier of prostitutes comprises hustlers, strippers, and table (lap) dancers who engage in prostitution on the side.
• The third tier is made up of house girls who work in brothels (houses of prostitution) run by a madam, pimp, or more recently, corporate businessmen, who collect up to half of the fees earned by the women
• Near the bottom tier of prostitution are streetwalkers, who publicly solicit customers and charge by the “trick”
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a. African Americans / Latinos b. Latinos / African Americans c. Asians / Latinos d. African Americans / Asians
__________ mothers are more at ease being parents, spend more time with their babies, and are more sensitive, affectionate, and supportive to them.
A. Older B. Younger C. Single D. Divorced
When understanding intimate relationships, a sociological imagination allows us to ________
a. recognize that marriage is not always monogamous, but is a lifetime commitment between a man and a woman b. challenge the assumption that particular forms of marriage are natural as opposed to social in origin c. understand the lack of diversity in intimate relationships cross-culturally d. observe the natural differences in intimate relationships within our own culture
Which of the following statements about repartnering is true?
A. People under age 45 are more likely to turn to online dating sites than they were just a couple of years ago, but people 45 and older are less likely to use online dating sites. B. The most common way for older persons to meet dating partners is now through online websites. C. The number of people age 45 and over who are cohabiting is twice that found in 1995. D. Less than half of all divorced people remarry.