The Supreme Court's decision to declare the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional:
A) denied federal recognition of homosexual marriage.
B) allowed states to ignore same-sex marriages licensed by other states.
C) gave individuals the right to receive health insurance coverage under a same-sex spouse's insurance plan.
D) made it obligatory for individuals to pay inheritance taxes upon the death of a same-sex spouse.
C
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People follow social rules and norms because
A. they have internalized them. B. people need guidance. C. they are moral. D. people are naturally obedient.
Which of the following is true of sexism?
a. Sexist ideology is used to justify men's right to power and leadership positions. b. Recent research provides a factual basis to support the maintenance of sexism. c. A dominant sexist belief is that women are naturally superior to men. d. While gender roles still exist, sexism is diminishing rapidly. e. Sexism has finally been eliminated from children's literature.
Durkheim labeled the state of feeling lost or adrift from society due to lack of integration into social groups and communities as
a. despair. b. anomie. c. suicide. d. unit of analysis.
According to ethnomethodologists, gender inequality is produced by _____ during the process of _____.
A. symbolic interactions; determining gender B. doing gender; allocation C. structuration; gender formation D. social institutions; socialization