In American culture, many people suggest that “boys will be boys” and justify behaviors such as men spitting, cursing, and physically fighting more than women.  This is an example of:

Many studies support the fact that higher levels of testosterone in men leads to higher levels of aggression. 

In late 2010, under President Obama, Congress passed legislation repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policies in the military.  This meant:

In this view, prejudice arises from competition over jobs and other resources and from disagreement over various political and economic issues. 

Typically, when people say something like “It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!” it indicates ________ as an agent of socialization in their construction of meaning about gender and sexuality.

Androgynous genders are a recent phenomenon based in social construction.

Which of the following is a criticism of Davis and Moore’s assumptions about poverty?

According to social constructionists race has no objective reality but rather is whatever people decide it is.

Cultural deficiency theories suggest that people of color encounter structural forms of racism in education, the criminal justice system, the job market, and government.  

Which stage of the natural history of a social problem disapproves of government action and presses their demands anew?