Define marriage as a "rite of passage." What rituals are parts of this passage?
What will be an ideal response?
The student should assert that a rite of passage is an event that signals a major transition from one social status to another. The rituals in the marriage rite of passage are the engagement, the wedding, and the honeymoon.
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a. women ... mothers. b. men ... fathers. c. women ... fathers. d. men ... mothers.
Research on women in the workplace shows that women ____________ authority on the job had more diminished mental health than _____________.
a. without; men with authority b. without; women with authority c. with; men without authority d. with; women without authority
The __________, those whose incomes are at half the poverty line or less, make up over 6 percent of the U.S. population
A) working poor B) old poor C) new poor D) severely poor
Kimberly went to the doctor's office and sat directly beside the only other person in the office, even though there were multiple empty seats in the office. Kimberly violated a ______.
A. folkway B. more C. law D. taboo