Discuss the significance of the events at the Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village on June 28, 1969
What will be an ideal response?
Feedback: On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn of New York's Greenwich Village, which was known as a gathering place for homosexuals. Instead of dispersing, as gays had always done in similar situations, the 200 patrons threw objects at the police and set fire to the bar. The riot lasted only 45 minutes, but it gave impetus to a number of collective efforts by gays to publicize police harassment of the gay community, job discrimination, and other indignities they faced. The Stonewall resistance came to symbolize the birth of the modern gay rights movement. Following Stonewall, gay liberation groups emerged in many cities and on university campuses. Many neighborhoods in major cities became openly homosexual, with gay churches, associations of professionals, health clinics, and networks of gay-owned businesses to supply the community's needs. The proliferation of these organizations for lesbians and gays provided a supportive climate, allowing many of them to come out of the closet. The Stonewall riot is seen as the precipitating event of the gay rights movement, which most recently saw the U.S. Supreme Court declare same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.
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a. in an Iranian society, the family remains a highly important determinant of the student's life satisfaction. b. when a child's needs for closeness, attachment, and intimacy are not fulfilled to the child's satisfaction in early childhood, the result can be adult dissatisfactions with peer relationships and decreased psychological well-being in adulthood. c. children of mentally ill parents suffered no negative consequences during childhood and developed satisfying peer relationships and normal psychological well-being in adulthood. d. peers had more influence on psychological well-being than parents.
When considering the social construction of illness, what factor would be the most relevant?
A. Genetically determined pain thresholds B. Quality of professional staff C. Specific symptoms D. Culture
Select any three theoretical perspectives and discuss how each one views the family.
What will be an ideal response?
Among age groups, the highest rate of poverty by far is among those people who are _________
A. over sixty-five B. under eighteen C. over forty D. between twenty and thirty