What have we learned about gender roles from studying foraging and hoe societies?
a. Men have more financial power than women when food production duties involve women.
b. Men and women are more equal as a society allows for more leisure time.
c. Men have more financial power than women in less technologically advanced societies.
d. Men and women are more equal when survival depends on both of their contributions.
d. Men and women are more equal when survival depends on both of their contributions.
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By which year had every state enacted a law requiring children to attend school?
a. 1789 b. 1865 c. 1918 d. 1965
People who work but are still below the poverty line are the __________ poor
A) working B) near C) new D) old
Gerson (cited by Aulette) interviewed men about "negotiating the new terrain of work, family and gender" and grouped these men into general categories
She concluded that men face a dilemma and that men who resist family involvement and domestic participation do so a. in order to protect their benefits associated with traditional roles. b. for religious beliefs. c. because they are structural functionalists. d. because they are unskilled in domestic work.
Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that supports female genital mutilation in many African cultures?
a) the meaning of womanhood in many cultures that practice female genital mutilation b) the overwhelming presence of patriarchy and the need to oppress women c) the social and psychological benefits the practice provides the participant d) the high social value of virginity and marriageability that are supported by genital mutilation