What are some of today's important culture wars? In what ways and to what degree are you engaged in them? Even if you are not active in them, how is your life affected by them?
What will be an ideal response?
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How is the social standing of women related to a nation's rate of population increase? Why do population control experts claim that the social standing of women is one important factor that affects population patterns?
What is an Ideal response?
Harris believes that _____________________________________________________
a. the elimination of meat-eating came about when the upper classes in India feared that there were too many people to support large herds of cattle raised solely for eating; to convince the masses not to eat cows, the upper-classes made meat-eating a sacrilege and criminal b. we will never know why meat-eating became taboo in India; religious beliefs have existed for thousands of years and have a life of their own; they are not understandable in scientific terms c. the elimination of meat-eating came about in a slow, practical manner; the farmers who decided not to eat their cows, who saved them for procreation to produce oxen, were the ones who survived natural disasters as they occurred over the centuries; those who ate beef lost the tools with which to farm; over a period of centuries, more and more farmers probably avoided beef until an unwritten taboo came into existence d. the elimination of meat-eating was forced upon Indians by invading Muslims from the west and invading Goths from the north; the invaders wanted beef to ship back to their own lands, so they forced Indians to give up meat; later, this prohibition was codified into religious law
Voluntary, often spontaneous, activity that is
engaged in by a large number of people and typically violates dominant group norms and values is the definition of which of the following terms? a. crowds b. mobs c. social movements d. collective behavior
The key measures for "adult social bonds" in the Laub et al. essay are _______
a. job stability and attachment to spouse b. church membership and job stability c. number of volunteer organizations and church membership d. attachment to spouse and church membership e. number of volunteer organizations and attachment to spouse