The term ideology is defined as a. a collective/group attempt ...

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The term ideology is defined as
 
  a. a collective/group attempt to promote or resist change.
  b. the idea that human behavior or actions are entirely controlled by outside forces.
  c. a set of ideas that explains reality, provides guidelines for behavior, and expresses the interests of a group.
  d. what occurs when the goal of maintaining the formal structure of a movement's organization becomes more important than the original goals of the social movement.

Question 2

Discuss the ways that Social Security disadvantages women.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c. a set of ideas that explains reality, provides guidelines for behavior, and expresses the interests of a group.

Answer to Question 2

Feedback: There are a number of ways that the Social Security system's structure is biased against women: (1) it only recognizes paid work, and women are generally paid less than men; (2) it is based on time paid in, but women are frequently in the workforce fewer years than men, especially if they take time off to have and rear children; (3) divorced women who were married less than 10 years receive no portion of their ex-husband's benefit; (4) if wife and husband are both employed, the wife will receive Social Security benefits for her work only if her benefits exceed those earned by her husbandif she collects a benefit based on her own wages, she loses the 50 spouse's payment for which her husband's payroll taxes paid; (5) a widow without a child under 16 or a disabled child receives none of her husband's Social Security benefit until she is 60.