Briefly compare and contrast sex and gender and provide examples of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Vary. Sex is the physiological difference between men and women. It is relatively fixed at birth. Gender refers to the differences that are determined by our society and culture. Gender grants privilege to one group over another. Examples vary.
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a. education. b. amount of yearly income. c. style of life. d. occupation. e. amount of stable, secure resources.
In the United States, many retired people are concentrated
a. in the lower income brackets b. in absolute poverty c. in the highest income brackets d. in service-sector occupations
At the present time, the majority of sociologists use visual imagery …
A. As primary data. B. For illustrative purposes - to spice up their texts and give some breathing room to readers. C. As data for analysis AND as the vehicle for communicating the analysis and findings. D. As numerical data for statistical studies.
Marcuse’s concept of surplus repression is linked to __________ concept of the reality principle.
a. Emile Durkheim’s b. Karl Marx’s c. Sigmund Freud’s d. C. Wright Mills’s