Which of these statements from Mezey supports the notion that families are the reflection of social conditions, rather than the cause of them?
a. Societal problems such as divorce, unemployment, and poverty developed from the breakdown in “family values.”
b. Men are biologically predisposed to be breadwinners, whereas women are biologically predisposed to be caregivers.
c. Married people benefit from greater mental and physical health, financial stability, and even live longer.
d. The “traditional” nuclear family and the increase of social problems such as unemployment and the decrease of the middle class grew out of the same structural changes, such as the industrial revolution, globalization, the Great Depression, and World War II.
d. The “traditional” nuclear family and the increase of social problems such as unemployment and the decrease of the middle class grew out of the same structural changes, such as the industrial revolution, globalization, the Great Depression, and World War II.
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