Why might poor people engage in activities that increase their health problems?

All societies use gender as a means of stratification. Identify TWO consequences of this gender stratification. (5 points)According to World-System Theory, industrialization has led to four groups of nations, each with a different role in the global economic system. Identify and briefly describe them. (5 points)The author observes that the health problems of poor people have both structural and personal causes. Why might poor people engage in activities that increase their health problems? (5 points)Using Table 7.5 “Occupational Prestige: How the United States Compares with Sixty Countries” (page 211), choose one of the occupations with the highest prestige in the United States and analyze the features that contribute to its high ranking. Then compare this occupation to one of the occupations at the lowest end of the table. (5 points)What is “feminism”? (1 point)Briefly describe how it has evolved in the United States through its various stages. (4 points)What is meant by the term “glass ceiling” (1 point)Explain how it prevents women from rising within organizations? (4 points)Women are a numerical majority in the United States, and they tend vote in greater numbers than men. Why then are there not more women in public office? (5 points)One of the key messages of the sociological study of gender is that gender differences and inequalities are socially constructed, not natural or inevitable.The mass media, and especially advertising, are powerful socializing agents. A San Francisco-based group called About-Face (Links to an external site.) has put together an excellent website about gender stereotypes in the media that informs, outrages, and humors all at once.What is this group’s mission? (1 point)Click into “Gallery of Offenders”, Which of the ads represented do you find most offensive? Why? (2 points)Now select “Gallery of Winners.” What differences do you see in these ads, compared to the previous ones? (2 points)