According to the sociological point of view, would we be any safer if women took over powerful roles in political institutions?
(a) Yes, because females are less violent and aggressive than men
(b) Yes, because different socialization produces women who are more likely to avoid hierarchy and competition and search instead for peaceful solutions by another gendered value system
(c) No, because the office itself demands a certain type of behavior, independent of the gender of the person who holds it
(d) Yes and no, because gendered individuals occupy places within gendered institutions, so the gendered institutions would reproduce hierarchical gender relations, even if those individual women might moderately transform those institutions
(d) Yes and no, because gendered individuals occupy places within gendered institutions, so the gendered institutions would reproduce hierarchical gender relations, even if those individual women might moderately transform those institutions
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a. social connectedness. b. social construction. c. social dynamics. d. social interaction.
Organic solidarity is characterized by people who __________
a. act the same b. are different from one another c. have unity d. grow organic vegetables
Which best describes how ideas are socially constructed and are molded by ones culture?
a) Sociology of Knowledge b) Social Construction of Gender c) Cultural Study of Reason d) Epistemological Study of Roles
The decision to engage in criminal behavior, according to differential association theory,
is influenced by all of the following except: a. frequency b. intensity c. priority d. place