According to the discussion of single women of color,
a. White women are much more likely than Black women to be single.
b. an unmarried Mexican American woman will not be trusted to take care of her elderly parents, so this responsibility falls to her married sisters.
c. Asian American women are likely to say that they stayed single in order to pursue an advanced education.
d. women of color report almost exactly the same reasons for remaining single as do European American women.
Question 2When asked about the advantages and disadvantages of being single, women who are single are likely to say that
a. they enjoy having their own privacy.
b. loneliness is never really a problem.
c. they do not experience negative reactions from their married friends.
d. they feel less competent in the workplace than married women.
Question 3According to the discussion of singlism in Chapter 8,
a. college students have consistently negative attitudes toward single people.
b. single women say that they receive less respect from other people, compared to the way that married women are treated.
c. single women may face some disadvantages, but the data show that they do not experience discrimination when they want to rent or buy a home.
d. surprisingly, the percentage of adult women who were unmarried was higher in the 1970s than in more recent decades.
Question 4Chapter 8 discussed a survey that asked never-married women, If you couldn't find the perfect mate, would you marry someone else? The results of this study showed that
a. the majority of women replied that they would marry someone who wasn't perfect.
b. the majority of women replied that they would remain single.
c. the majority of college graduates said that they would marry a less-than-perfect man, and the majority of other women said that they would remain single.
d. most women replied that they couldn't answer the question, unless the question provided more options.
Question 5According to the discussion of single women,
a. currently there is a dramatic increase of research about never-married heterosexual women.
b. married women are slightly more likely than single women to work outside the home.
c. most single women would prefer to marry a less-than-perfect man, rather than to remain single for the remainder of their life.
d. in general, married women live longer than single women.
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