Which perspective focuses on power relationships between men and women in families?
Ans: Conflict theory
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A century ago, workers needed to develop the manual, industrial skills required for making things; today, workers in the postindustrial economy must develop the__________.
A. intellectual skills required to manipulate symbols B. scientific skills required to work with the natural environment C. technical skills required to operate heavy machinery D. personal skills required to carry out lonely jobs in forests or at sea
Observations can be used to record or watch and study what occurs in a community, group, or social event
a. true b. false
All of the following are "gendered processes" that Acker argues create and reproduce gender differences and the gendered order within the workplace, EXCEPT:
(a) The construction of symbols and images "that explain, express, reinforce, or sometimes oppose" gender divisions (b) The interactions between individuals (c) The interaction between organizations (d) The internal mental work of individuals "as they consciously construct their understandings" of the gendered structure within the workplace
Which of the following is not one of Giddens’s modes of consciousness?
a. anomic consciousness. b. discursive consciousness. c. practical consciousness. d. unconscious motives.