According to sociologist Patricia Hill Collins, prostitution
a. provides an economic livelihood for teenage runaways and homeless youths.
b. occurs because middle-age, white, married males seek adventure away from their homes and families.
c. affects African American women because it promotes the widespread image of black women as sexually promiscuous.
d. is seldom engaged in by Latinas due to early gender socialization in the Roman Catholic church and in the family.
Answer: c. affects African American women because it promotes the widespread image of black women as sexually promiscuous.
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a. Americans with Disabilities b. Rehabilitation c. Revised Civil Rights d. Disabilities in Action