What can you infer from Coontz’s description of sexual behavior before the 20th century?
a. There were higher percentages of homosexuals in earlier times.
b. Sexual behavior was not as intertwined with morality as it often is today.
c. Sexual freedom of the 20th century has removed the value-laden burdens of the past.
d. Close bonds between members of the same sex was highly unusual before the 20th century.
b. Sexual behavior was not as intertwined with morality as it often is today.
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a. the view of masculinity as a fixed biological essence. b. the role of sex in defining masculinity. c. the recognition of more than one "male sex role.". d. the recognition of how a normal male should act.
__________ is defined as ideas people hold in common about race that are believed to be so obvious that their validity need not be questioned
a. Racial formation b. Racial common sense c. Racial illusion d. Racism
According to sociologists, doctors are
a. ?social institutions. b. ?social deviants. c. ?social control agents. d. ?cultural commodities. e. ?demedicalizing.
Averett adopts a “social queer analysis” perspective, which ______.
a. emphasizes the benefits that queer people are experiencing due to increased civil rights and middle-class status b. divides respondents into different categories of defining features so that responses can be generalized to similar people c. strives to find commonalities between participants and responses in order to drive common understanding and acceptance d. rejects binary classifications of gender and sexuality in favor of an understanding of identity as complex and socially constructed