New social movements tend to mobilize around issues of rights and collective identities. Discuss the connection between the women's movement and new social movement theory, providing specific examples.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies but should include: The Women's Movement brought women together as women to fight for rights and equality. New Social Movement theory aims to explain this phenomenon.
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a. true b. false
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a. live with a wife … live with a husband. b. live alone … live alone. c. live with a wife … live alone. d. live alone … live with a husband.
Jim goes to a New York Yankees game and decides to sit with other Yankees fans because they will all cheer when the team does well. New York Yankees fans are Jim's ______.
A. reference group B. out-group C. in-group D. secondary group
Which of the following views is consistent with the medical models?
A) ?Social class affects social constructions of illness. B) ?Illnesses are social rather than biological problems. C) ?Illness and medicine are societal constructions. D) ?An illness has specific features that a doctor can recognize. E) ?All illnesses stem from preventable lifestyle choices.