Sociologically, why is gender especially significant?
A) It is a device by which society controls its members.
B) It permits a comparison to superior male qualities.
C) It provides one group to lead, another to follow.
D) It reinforces the teachings of Genesis.
A
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a. sexual activity. b. adolescence. c. There is no independent variable. d. women. e. race.
Which sociologist has likened the position of medicine to that of state religions of yesterday, in that it has an officially approved monopoly of the right to define health and illness and to treat illness?
A. Émile Durkheim B. Eliot Freidson C. Karl Marx D. Talcott Parsons
Prior to the rise of capitalism, what was the traditional means of survival among peasants?
a. selling produced goods at local markets b. working for wages in rural communities c. working their own land with their own labor d. leasing their own land for agricultural production
Which of the following is true about the rates of disease and death in many racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S.?
A. They are mainly caused or influenced by genetics. B. They are mainly caused by environmental factors. C. They are unrecorded by sociologists. D. They are on par with disease and death rates of Whites.