The Following Characteristic That Could Be Found Within the Traditional

question 57

Multiple Choice

The following characteristic that could be found within the traditional American family from colonial times to the 1950s is that:

• A) women had extensive leisure time and were free from the pressures of market work
• B) fathers were highly involved in childrearing and rarely absent from the home
• C) marriages were lengthy
• D) rates of alcoholism were low due to prohibition
• E) a sexual double standard (promiscuity for men; strict restriction for women) existed

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