Which of the following statements about teenage pregnancy is true?
a. Fifty years ago, the number of teens who became pregnant was much lower than it is today.
b. Today, the vast majority of teenagers who become pregnant are not married.
c. Today, most teenage girls who become pregnant rush to get married or put their babies up for adoption.
d. Today, most teens who become pregnant intend to do so.
Becoming a teenage mother
a. increases the risk of poverty.
b. raises income.
c. increases the likelihood of completing high school.
d. raises the odds of attending college.
In the United States, each year, about how many teenage girls become pregnant?
a. 760
b. 7,600
c. 76,000
d. 768,000
Which country recently enacted a law that targets not prostitutes, but johns who solicit sex?
a. Denmark
b. France
c. Canada
d. Sweden
The text observes that the Southeast Asian nation of Thailand has become a center for the global
a. fashion.
b. electronics.
c. sex tourism.
d. pornography.
Men are more likely than women to engage in sexual harassment, just as most victims of this offense are women. This is true primarily because men
a. are innately more assertive than women.
b. are larger and stronger than women.
c. are more likely to break the law.
d. hold most positions of power in society.
The concept of prostitution is defined as
a. any business exchange that involves an element of sexuality.
b. the selling of sexual services.
c. exchanging resources within a sexual context.
d. selling of services in which the less powerful person has little choice but to comply.
Sexual harassment legislation is concerned with not just with the offender's intent but also the effects of the offender's behavior. Laws also ban any behavior that
a. causes no harm to the person being harassed.
b. is overt, intentional, and conducted with malice.
c. creates a hostile environment.
d. is overt, planned, and conducted with intent to discriminate.
In 1972, Congress passed Title IX of the Higher Education Amendment, which
a. made racial discrimination illegal at schools, colleges, and universities.
b. made sex discrimination illegal at schools, colleges, and universities.
c. banned sex discrimination in schools, colleges, and universities receiving federal funds.
d. banned age discrimination at all state universities.
David, Sarah's supervisor at work, invites her to dinner. Politely, Sarah tells David that she would rather not. David persists and asks her again, this time indicating that he finds her very foxy.
David implies that Sarah could be promoted if she agrees to date him. Sarah tells David that she does not want to go out with him. David persists, asking Sarah several more times a day to go out with him. He implies that, continuing to say no, she may lose out on a promotion. According to federal statutes and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Sarah appears to be the victim of
a. latent assault.
b. quid pro quo harassment.
c. sexual assault.
d. mens rea discrimination.