Deviance is _____, meaning that social organizations create definitions of right and wrong by originating norms, the infraction of which constitutes deviance
a. individually based
b. socially constructed
c. a source of societal unrest
d. relative, not absolute
Answer: b. socially constructed
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Women in the United States received the right to vote
a. with the Declaration of Independence. b. when the American Revolution ended. c. with the Emancipation Proclamation. d. with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.
) In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a series of events took place that expanded both the number and roles of women in the armed forces. Which of the following is NOT such an event?
A) Grove City College v. Bell B) Frontiero v Richardson C) Public Law 90-30 D) the lifting of the ban on parenting for female personnel
Oettermann (2000) contends that tattoos were also popular among soldiers during _________ as an expression of patriotic sentiment
a. WW I b. The Civil War c. The Vietnam War d. The Gulf War
The sociological imagination can help people make the connection between public issues and private troubles.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)