In Reviewing the Detailed and Accurate Descriptions of the Stories

question 51

Multiple Choice

In reviewing the detailed and accurate descriptions of the stories told by battered women living in a shelter,an ethnomethodologist would say that the battered women in the shelter were

• A)describing their socially constructed reality.
• B)reporting their world as they made sense of it.
• C)describing their world "as it really is."
• D)telling us how and why the world made sense to them.
• E)describing their socially constructed reality and reporting their world as they made sense of it.

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Definitions:

Child Molesters

Individuals who sexually abuse minors, typically referring to the perpetrator being significantly older than the victim.

Guilt

A feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, either real or imagined.

Same-Sex Rape

Acts of sexual assault or rape where both the perpetrator and the victim are of the same sex, an issue often underreported and needing greater awareness.

Child Molestation

The act of an adult engaging in sexual activities with a child.