Gerson (Cited by Aulette)interviewed Men About "Negotiating the New Terrain

question 9

Multiple Choice

Gerson (cited by Aulette) interviewed men about "negotiating the new terrain of work,family and gender" and grouped these men into three general categories.She concluded that the diversity of responses results from the diversity of exposure individual men have to the structural changes in our society.The first of these changes is

• A)a decline in economic opportunities for men.
• B)an improvement in economic opportunities for men.
• C)a decline in economic opportunities for women.
• D)a stronger connection between marriage and parenthood.

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