Women's greater longevity, the social norm for men to marry younger women, and the traditional Social Security bias against women combine to create two problems for elderly women: _____ and _____
a. remarriage; excess income
b. boredom; health problems
c. isolation; poverty
d. job security; injuries
Answer: c. isolation; poverty
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Crozier emphasizes that the reason it is so difficult to change society the way we want is that we do not recognize that
a. significant change is really impossible. b. people in power will not allow us to. c. society is far more complex that we think. d. society is imaginary.
Gender Lessons Learned in ChildhoodIn this activity, you will think about how you were taught to express your gender as a child. Socialization is an important part of childhood. Our parents, peers, and teachers, not to mention the media we consume, communicate to us in countless ways how to behave properly as a boy or a girl. If you were raised as a girl, make a list of the kind of lessons you have been taught about how a polite or good young woman should act. If you were raised as a boy, make a list of the kind of lessons you have been taught about how a polite or good young man should behave. Think back to your childhood/youth and answer the following questions with as many examples as you can:"When I was a child, I wanted to be like ___________ because ___________." You might relate
that you wanted to be like Batman or Miss America. What will be an ideal response?
When human beings cope with, adapt to, and change social structures to meet their needs, whether as individuals acting alone or with others, these actions constitute voluntarism
a. true b. false
A/an _______ answers questions through a systematic collection and analysis of data, including a description and a determination of cause and effect
a) theory b) bilateral c) family systems theory d) qualitative e) empirical approach