Describe the various norms of mate selection and explain how they may or may not be related to a love relationship.
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Your text notes that some people marry and divorce easily while others are not allowed to marry, hence marriage, "in some people's eyes, [is] discredited and corrupt. People are putting off marriage, cohabiting, or opting for singlehood
On the other hand, marriage has become more desirable than ever before, bringing together couples from varying backgrounds and repeat performers and inspiring many who've been excluded to fight for the right to marry." (page 332) These differing yet simultaneous characteristics about marriage illustrate what perspective in sociology? Justify your answer. What will be an ideal response?
Voting patterns seem to indicate that, compared to Europe, the working class in the U.S. is
a. more radical b. less class conscious c. more class conscious d. more unionized
According to the text, upper- and middle-class parents engage in the ______ of their kids, and working-class parents engage in the ______ of their kids.
A. concerted cultivation; accomplishment of natural growth B. accomplishment; concerted cultivation C. cultivation; natural growth D. natural growth; cultivation
According to Karl Marx, workers experience “alienation” in the workplace. What does it mean to say they are “alienated”? Name two of the three ways they are alienated, based on your reading of Ritzer’s text.
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