Discuss how televised news coverage of women’s sports can affect gender relations.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but should include how modern men’s sport has played a key historical role in bolstering ideologies of male superiority.Daily news and highlights shows’ failure to equitably cover women’s sports perpetuates these ideologies by silencing the accomplishments of women athletes.
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The sociological analysis of divorce would suggest?
A divorce is a means for maintaining social stability in marriage. B high divorce rates do not necessarily mean people are becoming disenchanted with marriage. C the remarriage rate is more indicative of social stability than the divorce rate. D all of the above.
A researcher tested the relationship between gender and support for assisted suicide ("death with dignity") and found a Cramer's V of 0.45. This relationship is
a. strong. b. weak. c. positive. d. significant but not important
For family violence to be fully understood in marginalized groups, it must be
a. contextualized b. examined c. synthesized d. dismissed
In the most-developed countries, environmental destruction:
a. is a population problem. b. results from way of life more than population pressure. c. is the result of overpopulation plus standard of living. d. is not a problem as it is in the least-developed countries.