Describesocial, ethnic and cultural differences between European American responses to menopause and the responses of Central American and South American women.
What will be an ideal response?
Women in the Mayan culture of Mexico and Central America welcome menopause and its changes as a natural phenomenon and do not attach any stigma to aging. In the United States, Latinas and African Americans, especially working-class women, tend to view menopause more positively, whereas European American women describe it more negatively.
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A) the nuclear family living in a household B) both the family of origin and the family of procreation C) a system of all those sharing the same last name D) a grouping including all relatives
Most crimes do not result in punishment because:
a. the justice system is too lenient with offenders. b. most violent crimes are not reported to the police. c. only one-third of rapes are reported to police, and rape is the most common type of violent crime. d. none of the above
Anthony Giddens further refined Durkheim’s conceptualization of mechanical and organic societies by noting how the ______ or the moral precepts of the collective conscious are reduced in societies with a division of labor.
a. volume b. intensity c. rigidity d. content
What are three things that you think the United States can do to reduce environmental degradation? Using a conflict perspective, why isn't the United States doing more?
What will be an ideal response?