Define glass ceilings, glass walls, and glass escalators
What will be an ideal response?
The glass ceiling refers to the barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified worker because of gender or minority membership.
Women and racial and ethnic minorities face glass walls that keep them from moving laterally. Women are assigned to and, therefore, trapped in jobs that reflect their stereotypical helping nature.
The glass escalator refers to the White male advantage experienced in occupations dominated by women.
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What does Weber claim are the two important factors in the development of the capitalist enterprise?
What will be an ideal response?
Data is the same thing as
a. information collected in numerical form. b. information collected in any form. c. statistics. d. proof.
One strength of the perspective is that it focuses on up-close and personal factors that shape interaction and relationships
a. functionalist b. conflict c. symbolic interactionist d. sociological
The growing use of cell phones has helped shrink the digital divide more than anything else.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)