Describe the "doing gender" explanation for the division of household labor
What will be an ideal response?
It suggests that housework is so ingrained as "women's work" that it functions as an area in which gender is symbolically created and reproduced. Wives do the majority of housework because it is expected of them as women and they have heard these messages since childhood. Likewise, men do less because housework is not a part of their gendered identity.
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A) comparing the mean of a sample to a population distribution of individual scores is a mismatch B) the available population parameters are inaccurate and reflect too little variance within the population C) the distribution of means is likely to have more varied scores than would be represented in the population D) the proper comparison distribution is stated in the null hypothesis
Why are some people in poorer countries concerned about the Western media products being imported into their countries?
A. They worry that big corporations will move in and increase pollution in their country. B. They think that citizens will leave their country to go to the United States. C. They fear that local culture will be eroded. D. They are concerned that they will not be able to make enough money with local media.
Perhaps the characteristic of mate selection in America that most distinguishes it from the rest of the world is that it is:
a. based on sex and reproduction. b. supported by religious sentiments. c. a highly competitive process. d. run by participants themselves.
Historically and across cultures, suicide has been recognized as a way for a person to express his or her
A. need for remembrance. B. love of country and patriotism. C. ultimate commitment to a moral principle. D. disagreement with organized religion.