Betty Friedan is an icon in the second women's movement in the United States. In her widely read book The Feminine Mystique, what is she talking about when she refers to "the problem with no name"?
a. the boredom of housewives
b. domestic violence
c. the wage gap between men and women
d. the pressures on males who are sole breadwinners
Ans: a. the boredom of housewives
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a. of questionable validity because it lumps highly diverse societies together b. useful because it allows us to see just how such a society differs from a modern one c. useful because it allows productive research into the problem of underdevelopment to begin d. too new to be reliably assessed
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a. the unemployment rate for women. b. the labor force participation rate for women. c. the number of women who are NILF. d. the number of women who were covered by Social Security payroll taxes. e. the number of women who filed federal income tax returns.
Which of the following would be considered a valid measure of an individual's intelligence?
A. his or her age B. the researcher's opinion C. the number of years of school completed by the individual D. None of these answers is correct.
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A. traditional B. role-sharing C. postindustrial, androgynous D. participant