The social order in which men hold power over women is known as
A) Patriarchy
B) Macho society
C) Male power
D) Patrilineality
Answer: A
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Which of the following statements regarding violence, abuse, and assault in the United States is INCORRECT?
(a) Violence, abuse, and assault are deeply rooted in United States history. (b) TV, rock videos, and popular films are "loaded" with dramatized and romanticized death and destruction. (c) According to one study, more than half of music television video materials feature or suggest violence and show males as heroes torturing and murdering women for fun. (d) Thus far, the film industry has avoided pervasive portrayals of violence.
Erik Erikson stated that the central task of adolescence is a. developing youth subcultures
b. forming a consistent identity. c. extending childhood. d. preparing for adult roles.
Dependency theory is defined as
A. applying to the interactionist perspective. B. a far-reaching process by which peripheral nations move from having traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies. C. a functionalist approach proposing that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations. D. an approach contending that as developing countries make economic advances, they remain weak and subservient to core nations.
Which sociological perspective would argue that subcultures often emerge because the dominant society has unsuccessfully attempted to suppress a practice regarded as improper, such as the use of illegal drugs?
A. functionalist perspective B. interactionist perspective C. conflict perspective D. feminist perspective