Which theoretical perspective stresses the importance of regulating sexual behavior to ensure marital cohesion and family stability?
A) Functionalism
B) Symbolic interactionism
C) Conflict theory
D) Feminist theory
Answer: A) Functionalism
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A) 15% B) 50% C) 65% D) 0%
Social movements gain strength when they develop symbols and a sense of community.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Gay men who seek adoption fear that the biological or foster mother will back out when she finds out that her child will go to a gay family. Which of the following is a strategy used by gay men to increase their chances that this will not happen?
a. They only go to family members to serve as surrogates who will carry the baby for them. b. They deliberately choose foster parents who have already relinquished their biological children, thereby giving them greater confidence that the mother will give up her next child. c. They find lesbians who are willing to carry their baby, but who do not want children of their own. d. There are no strategies that gay men can use to increase their chances of adoption since most people are fearful of gay men as fathers.
Males are expected to dominate family decision making in a(n)
A. neolocal society. B. egalitarian society. C. patriarchy. D. matriarchy.