What makes it difficult to fight what appear to be sexist cultural norms in other countries? What would social work say we should do in the face of such norms of discrimination?

What will be an ideal response?


It is deeply ingrained in cultures, family relationships, and even women's own identities. It is unrealistic to expect people to break with tradition simply because an outside group designates what they do as sexist, barbaric, or oppressive.

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According to Erikson, failure to achieve a sense of industry during middle childhood tends to result in

A) ?a sense of inadequacy and inferiority. B) ?a strain on the child's sense of identity. C) ?feelings of self-hatred that can never be erased. D) ?failure to acquire individuation.

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CAQDA software enables the qualitative data analyst to move back and forth between the

data and more abstract concepts. This has made this software especially appealing to proponents of:

a. the positivist approach. b. grounded theory methodology. c. critical social science. d. quantitative data analysis.

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Kim Jae-On said his measure of community had unidimensionality. This means

A) the independent variable causes the dependent variable, and vice versa. B) it only measures one thing or a single construct. C) the unit of analysis is the individual. D) measures are divided by a common base so that comparison is possible. E) it measures something across different time periods.

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In the U.S. publicly-funded health care is provided to:

a. all persons in need of health care services b. only those persons who have the ability to pay for such services c. those individuals and families who meet income eligibility guidelines d. only those who are elderly or receiving social security benefits

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