All the following identify the elderly as a subordinate or minority group in U.S. society except for the fact that
What will be an ideal response?
everyone who lives long enough will eventually become an older person.
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Professor of Ethics at Harvard Medical School, Harriet Washington, coined the term ________ to refer to the separate and unequal healthcare system in the United States
a. medical deprivation b. medical segregation c. medical discounting d. medical apartheid
Which theoretical perspective provides the best explanation for the subjugation of women under the Taliban in Afghanistan?
a. functionalism b. conflict theory c. symbolic interactionism d. phenomenology e. post modern theory
Research into gay and lesbian households has revealed that:
a. fewer children live in female homosexual families than in male homosexual ones b. growing up in a gay or lesbian family does not have a negative influence on child development c. more children live in male homosexual families than in females ones d. higher levels of child maladjustment are found in gay and lesbian families
_____ theory divides the labor market into two separate segments. The primary segment is characterized by stability, high wages, promotion ladders, opportunities for advancement, good working conditions, and provisions for job security
The secondary segment is characterized by low wages, fewer or no promotion ladders, poor working conditions, and little provision for job security. a. Human capital Many of them live in rural areas that have prospered less than other regions. b. Dual labor market A decline in marriage and a rise in divorce resulted in a substantial increase in single mothers and unattached men. c. Market division Public assistance benefits have steadily declined since 1980. d. Interactional All of the above