In her research on men who were incarcerated for abusing their female partners, Julia Wood found that:
A) almost all of the men were remorseful for their actions.
B) most saw themselves as abusers because of their actions.
C) all mentioned their partners' provocation as the source of their abuse.
D) most believed they were not entitled to use violence in their relationships; it had "just happened."
C) all mentioned their partners' provocation as the source of their abuse.
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A working wife who wants only a domestic role may experience all of the following EXCEPT
(a) she adheres strongly to the good provider role. (b) her husband feels inadequate. (c) she is embittered about her need to work. (d) her husband feels threatened because she works.
Which of the following theoretical perspectives asserts that institutions such as marriage and the family produce gender, and without these, gender as we know it does not exist?
a. institutional approach b. individual approach c. interactional approach d. bioevolutionary approach
What are the most common forms of violence against women?
a. Honor Based Violence b. Female Genital Mutilation c. Human Trafficking d. All of the above
Instead of judging whether an act should or shouldn't be considered deviant, sociologists examine ______.
A. only the empirically observable facts that pertain to guilt or innocence B. the role of psychopathology in deviance C. the relationship between genes and environment (epigenetics) D. how definitions of deviance are created and transmitted, as well as patterns related to deviance