Summarize the critical evaluation of feminist perspectives on deviance.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Some critics contend, however, that feminist explanations 1) don't show, specifically, how patriarchy victimizes women; 2) focus primarily on male but not female violence and crime, and 3) don't address the interdependent effects of gender, age, social class, and race/ethnicity (Friedrichs, 2009; Hunnicutt, 2009; Dao, 2013).
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From a power-conflict perspective,
a. decisions regarding new technologies are best left to capitalist investors. b. the social costs of technologies should be considered and the development of new technologies placed under more democratic control. c. environmental problems can be solved through new technologies. d. technological progress is inevitable.
Which of the following is the reason why no terrorist has launched a cyberattack upon the United States?
a) The United States has good defenses against such an attack. b) Cyberterrorists have lost interest in attacking the United States. c) Cyberterrorists still do not possess specialized knowledge of the U.S. computer infrastructure. d) Cyberterrorists are more interested in identity theft to raise money for offline terrorist acts.
Explain how the “myth of innate inferiority” helps maintain a society in which some ethnic and racial groups are denied rights and privileges.
What will be an ideal response?
When we say that James should play with trucks and Jennifer should play dress-up, we are describing their:
A. sex-role orientations. B. sex. C. genders. D. gender roles.