Social Problems and Social Movements

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Discussion Questions

Chapter 6 - Gender and Sexual Orientation

1. Do you think sexism is a significant problem in the United States today? What about at your college?
2. Which sociological perceptive do you think best explains gender inequality in the United States? Why?
3. Do you think that gender equality in jobs, income, and politics will ever be achieved in the United States? Why or why not?
4. Do you think prejudice based on sexual orientation is a significant problem at your college? If yes, in what way?
5. Why do you think attitudes toward LGBT persons became much more accepting and positive in the twenty-first century?
6. Do you think that discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation will ever be eliminated in the United States? Why or why not?