Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The media tend to cover the personal lives of male politicians more than female politicians, since males are more likely to be elected to political offices.
2. Many countries have adopted quotas in order to ensure participation of females in the legislative process.
3. C. Wright Mills agreed with Karl Marx in that the economic structure of capitalism by itself could create a ruling class.
4. C. Wright Mills's power elite was one of the first popular conspiracy theories in the United States.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
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a. 1/4 b. 1/3 c. 1/2 d. 2/3
In research on the depiction of different racial-ethnic groups in pornography, sociologists Alice Mayall and Diana E.H. Russell found that
a. the pornography industry is an "equal opportunity" employer, and young women of all racial-ethnic groups have about an equal chance of being portrayed in pornography. b. white women are more likely than women of color to be found in materials featuring rape, bondage, and homosexuality. c. white women are more likely to be used in heterosexual pornography because they fulfill traditional stereotypes equating female beauty with white skin and Caucasian features. d. women of color are more likely than white women to be featured in erotica.
___________ A value system embracing highly masculine behaviors and including a "double standard."
What will be an ideal response?
Systemic countermovements are different from reforming movements because
a. they offer the possibility of defending the system b. they offer the possibility of transforming the system c. they do not offer the possibility of defending the system d. they do not offer the possibility of transforming the system