According to the text's discussion of gender issues in the twenty-first century:
a. over the past century, women have made significant progress in the labor force.
b. sexual discrimination in the workplace and in our school systems has been ignored in the legislature.
c. fewer and fewer women are entering the political arena as candidates instead of volunteers.
d. most gender issues are in the process of being resolved.
Question 2Sociologist Dennis Gilbert compares the distribution of income to a national pie that has been sliced into portions. In 2013, the wealthiest 20 percent of households received over __________ percent of the total income pie.
a. 25
b. 50
c. 75
d. 90
Question 3Critics argue that __________ is the main reason for medical inflation because it gives doctors and hospitals an incentive to provide increased medical services.
a. use of health maintenance organization
b. managed care
c. third-party fee-for-service
d. Medicare
Question 4According to the text, conflict and feminist perspectives:
a. emphasize factors external to individuals that contribute to the oppression of white women and people of color.
b. have been criticized for overemphasizing the commonalities shared by men and women.
c. have been criticized for ignoring male dominance.
d. view the gendered division of labor as natural and perhaps inevitable.
Question 5The economic gain derived from wages, salaries, income transfers (government aid), and ownership of property is called:
a. wealth.
b. income.
c. power.
d. prestige.
Question 6In a __________, patients pay premiums into a fund that in turn pays doctors and hospitals for each treatment that patient receives.
a. fee-for-service program
b. third-party provider program
c. health maintenance organization program
d. managed care program
Question 7According to ___________ feminism, women of color do not possess the relational privilege that white women have because of their lack of proximity to white patriarchy through husbands, fathers, sons and others.
a. radicalb. socialist
c. liberal d. multicultural
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