How did having babies change from women's work to men's work?
What will be an ideal response?
Delivering babies used to be a matter of women helping women.Physicians—all of whom were men—wanted to expand their business.Taking over childbirth was one way to do it.Midwives did not want men taking over their business.Also, men knew nothing about delivering babies.As physicians gained political power, they attacked midwives as "dirty, ignorant, and incompetent." They persuaded many states to pass laws against anyone but physicians delivering babies.
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Economists Victor R. Fuchs and Diane M. Reklis conclude that the current generation of American children is in trouble based on the statistics about prevailing social trends. Which of the following is a reason for this?
a. The proportion of children living in households with a single male parent has tripled over the years. b. Obesity among children in the U.S. has risen sharply compared to the 1960s. c. Children and youth are worse off on all dimensions measured in the Child Well-Being Index. d. There is a decrease in the number of children experiencing residential mobility.
The author uses the term "social world" to refer to a
A. set of media-generated images that shape how people think and act. B. set of relationships that dominate a person's life. C. special place that people go to enjoy relationships with other people. D. way of life and mindset that people develop in a particular setting.
Male athletes on intercollegiate teams are most likely to put their athletic and social lives ahead of academics when they
A. play on big-time, entertainment-oriented teams. B. are not on athletic scholarships. C. come from wealthy families. D. are majoring in engineering or business.
Expulsion refers to the process of
A. deliberately and systematically killing an entire people or the members of a nation. B. forsaking a cultural identity in order to become part of a different culture. C. combining a majority group and a minority group to form a new group. D. expelling a group of people from a territory.