As the United States industrialized and modernized, group relations evolved from paternalism during slavery to a looser, more rigid competitive form of relations during segregation. In South Africa, the structure of minority group control became stronger and more oppressive as the nation industrialized and modernized. What explains the difference in group relations in these two countries?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies.
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An example of the "medicalization of deviance" is
a. theft being redefined as a "compulsive stealing." b. drinking too much being redefined as a personal failing. c. promiscuity being redefined as a moral failing. d. when people steal drugs to self-medicate.
In the case of John and Luanne Buzzanca, who engaged a woman to serve as a surrogate mother using donated eggs and sperm, and who then divorced before the child was born, the court ruled that
a. both parental parties who engage a surrogate mother are responsible for the child. b. in surrogate mother situations, only the donor of the ovum is responsible for the child. c. in surrogate mother situations, only the donor of the sperm is responsible for the child. d. surrogate mothers are partially responsible for the care and support of the child.
Friendship can be increasingly important during times of illness. This was especially true for gay men
a. during the advent of AIDS; gay men were the primary means of support for one another and the primary mechanism for social change surrounding HIV treatment. b. before Stonewall; because they had to stay in the closet, gay men never came out to their families about their sexuality. c. in the 2000s as gay marriage becomes more prevalent. d. during the 1970s, when gay men became parents in record numbers and had to deal with sick children.
Durkheim referred to suicide associated with excessive regulation of individuals by social forces as
A. anomic suicide. B. altruistic suicide. C. egoistic suicide. D. situational suicide.