__________ refer(s) to the culturally and socially constructed differences between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs, and practices associated with femininity and masculinity.
a. Gender
b. Primary sexual identifiers
c. Sex
d. Secondary sexual identifiers
Question 2Life expectancy ranges from a low of about _____ in Chad to about _____ in Monaco.
a. 49; 90
b. 43; 85
c. 55; 72
d. 40; 78
Question 3Criminologist Ronald Akers created the differential _____ theory, which combines differential association theory with elements of psychological learning theory, suggesting that both deviant behavior and conventional behavior are learned through the same social processes.
a. strain b. illegitimate opportunity
c. reinforcement d. social bonding
Question 4Various organizations of gays, lesbians, and transgendered persons have been unified in their desire to reduce hate crimes and other forms of __________the extreme prejudice directed at gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and others who are perceived as not being heterosexual.
a. homosexism
b. homophobia
c. heterophobia
d. misogyny
Question 5_____ is the term for an institutionalized system for the scientific diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness.
a. Health care b. Medicine
c. Scientific cure d. Holistic health
Question 6Sociologist Edwin Sutherland's _____ theory states that people have a greater tendency to deviate from societal norms when they frequently affiliate with individuals who are more favorable toward deviance than conformity.
a. illegitimate opportunity b. differential association
c. strain d. status frustration
Question 7Which of these countries was the last to offer legal recognition of gay and lesbian marital relationships?
a. Canada
b. Netherlands
c. Switzerland
d. United States