Explain the current understanding that sex is not always as clear-cut as generally assumed. Define the concept of intersex

What will be an ideal response?


Occasionally, a hormone imbalance before birth produces a person in whom sexual

differentiation is ambiguous or incomplete. People with ambiguous genitalia today are

termed intersex (previously called hermaphrodites). People who are intersex have

some combination of male and female genitalia.

Sociology

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Marx calls the society within we live "bourgeois society," a society that has made class conflict

a. more simplified than earlier societies: a conflict between two basic classes. b. more simplified than earlier societies: a conflict between five basic classes. c. more complex than before: a conflict between five basic classes. d. more complex than before: a conflict between agricultural and industrial class systems.

Sociology

________ is the ability to get what one wants from someone else; this can be achieved by force or by getting someone to think and believe in accordance with your interests

a. Power b. Status c. Influence d. Coercion

Sociology

Latinos generally have lower education levels and households incomes but higher life expectancy. Which of the following is the reason for their higher life expectancy?

A) Latinos are more likely to have a stronger social support system that helps them when they get sick. B) Foreign-born Latinos don't tend to return to their country of origin when they fall ill. C) U.S.-born Latinos, compared with other populations, are more likely to smoke and take prescription drugs. D) Most Latinos who emigrate tend to be people in the young-old age group.

Sociology

Michael Parenti noted in 2008 that the U.S. government has directly intervened in the domestic affairs of foreign governments to

a. protect any government based on an alternative to the capitalist model. b. prevent the rise of any government based on the capitalist model. c. protect the interests of the disadvantaged. d. protect U.S. corporate interests.

Sociology