An acquaintance of yours is female, 23 years old, a recent college graduate, and a Republican who attends church weekly

Use the opinion "abortion should be legal throughout pregnancy as a matter of choice" to illustrate the idea of crosscutting cleavages and intersectionality for this individual.
What will be an ideal response?


Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Define and explain crosscutting cleavages and intersectionality.
2. Identify common attitudes toward the abortion issue for each of the relevant group distinctions: gender, age, education, party identification, and religiosity.
3. Explain how the different identities can reinforce and contradict one another with regard to opinion on this issue.

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