Sarah divides her time between her career and her family. She has the same qualifications and total work experience as her male peers but has had a two-year gap in her work experience
If she is receiving a salary less than her peers, she is most likely being subject to ________.
a. sexual harassment
b. the mommy tax
c. the glass escalator
d. reverse discrimination
b
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Which pattern of response to divorce included those devastated by divorce, barely able to function, lacking in energy and motivation to meet a new person?
A. the defeated B. libertines C. loners D. lonesome losers
_____, an important ecological process involved in the concentric zone theory, is the process by which a new category of people or type of land use arrives in an area previously occupied by another group or land use
a. Invasion b. Gentrification c. Succession d. Diffusion
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Taking into account age, education, marital status, children, occupational specialization, work experience, and hours worked in a year reduced the pay gap between men and women by only 3 cents. 2. Worldwide, women hold about 10 percent of corporate managerial positions. 3. Members of Congress have successfully blocked foreign aid to countries that might use the funds to encourage abortion. 4. The Supreme Court approved the right to terminate a pregnancy by a narrow 5-4 majority.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. There are similarities between conflict theory and consensus-oriented structural functionalism. 2. Robert Nisbet and Kingsley Davis both agree that for a good portion of twentieth century, structural-functionalism was sociology and sociology was structural-functionalism. 3. The terms structural and functional must be used in conjunction with one another. 4. Structural functionalism cannot be split apart; it is only possible to understand functions as they relate to the structures of society. 5. The structures of society can be studied independently of their functions (or consequences).