Federal officials referring to the governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, as the “female governor,” while referring to a male governor as “governor” is an example of ______.

A. euphemisms
B. female-as-the-exception
C. misgendering
D. ethnocentrism


B. female-as-the-exception

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A) establishing the ulama as the administrators of public education within the Ottoman Empire. B) the Islamic conversion of North Africa. C) a period of war in North Africa. D) a time of reform in the Ottoman Empire. E) Ottoman slavery.

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Lisa Diamond’s research reveals that sexual minority women are especially likely to form what kind of friendships with one another?

A. exchange friendships B. passionate friendships C. protective friendships D. competitive friendships

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In his well-known movie about Alexander the Great, Oliver Stone portrayed Alexander as a(n)

a. idealistic dreamer. b. ruthless Machiavellian. c. ruler who aspired to divine honors. d. mediocre military commander. e. traitor to his father's cause.

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Short-staple cotton

A. helped to keep the South a predominantly agricultural region. B. was more susceptible to disease than long-staple cotton. C. was less coarse than long-staple cotton. D. was only grown in the coastal regions of the upper South. E. was easier to process than long-staple cotton.

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