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Soc Of Deviance (3)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sociological Explanation Of Violence | interpersonal and intergroup violence are related to social situations // differential power plays an important role in understanding interpersonal and intergroup violence |
| Boy Scouts Of America And Sexual Abuse From 1944 To 2016 | more than 7,800 former scout leaders were involved in the sexual abuse of at least 12,254 children |
| Penn State Assistant Football Coach Charges & Convictions | 7 counts of deviate sexual intercourse, 8 counts of corruption of minors, 8 counts of endangering the welfare of a child, 7 counts of indecent assault (convicted on 45 of 48 charges in 2012) |
| Reported Credible Allegations Of Sexual Abuse In The U.S. Catholic Church From 1958 To 2018 | 20,052 credible allegations of sexual abuse by 7,002 priests |
| Violent Crimes | murder, rape, robbery, assault |
| Property Crimes | burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny |
| From 1990-2023, The Violent Crime Rate In The United States... | decreased |
| United States Has A Low Murder Rate Compared To... | other countries in the western hemisphere |
| United States Has A High Murder Rate Compared To... | other high-income countries |
| United States Has Significantly Larger Rates Of Gun Ownership And Gun Homicide Than... | other high-income countries |
| In The United States, There Are More Guns Than There Are... | people (in 2025, there were 500 million guns and 341 million people) |
| In 2022, Americans Bought More Than 16 Million... | guns |
| There Are 78,000+ Licensed Gun Dealers In The United States, More Than All The... | McDonald's, Subway, Burger King, and Wendy's locations combined |
| In Mississippi, There Are More Steps To Vote And To Adopt A Dog Then There Are To... | buy a gun |
| "It Has Been Said" That The United States "Has A History But Not A Tradition Of..." | "domestic violence" |
| How Many Presidents Have Been Murdered? | 4/46 |
| How Many Presidents Were Murdered From 1865-1901? | 3 |
| At Least 1/4 Of All Presidents Have Been... | killed or nearly killed by an assasin |
| Reconstruction Era (1865-1876) | ... |
| Jim Crow Era (1877-1954) | a period of white backlash |
| Civil Rights Era (1954-1969) | second reconstruction |
| Current Era (1970-Present) | another period of white backlash, 55 years and counting |
| What Religion Owns The Most Guns? | White Evangelicals |
| District of Columbia VS Heller | Supreme Court ruled that the 2nd Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes |
| US Constitution: Article I, Section 8.15 | congress can use state military forces when needed to keep order in the country or protect it from threats |
| US Consitution: Article I, Section 8.16 | congress is in charge of how state militias are structured and equipped for national use, but the states still have control over leadership and training |
| In 2024, There Were 503... | mass shootings |
| Stability And Violence Paradox | the U.S. has shown good political stability, but maintains a bad level of violence |
| The Ethnic, Religious, And Racial Mixture Are Often Concluded To Be The... | fundamental determinants of American violence |
| The National Institutes Of Health Does Not Provide Many Research Grants For Cases Surrounding... | firearm injuries |
| Dickey Amendment (1977) | effectively bars (restricts) the national Center for Disease Control and Prevention from studying firearm violence |
| 9.3% Of U.S. Adults Idenitfy As... | LGBTQ |
| Out Of All The LGBTQ+ Identities, The Most Common One U.S. Adults Identify As Is... | bisexual (5.2%) |
| The Generation With The Most LGBTQ+ Identification Is... | Gen Z (23%) |
| The Political Party (Ideology) With The Most LGBTQ+ Identification Is... | liberals (21%) |
| The Locale With The Most LGBTQ+ Identification Is... | cities (11%) // not very large difference compared to suburbs |
| The Education Level With The Most LGBTQ+ Identification Is... | non college graduates (10%) // not very large difference compared to college graduates |
| Demisexual | a person who experiences sexual feelings and attraction only after developing a close emotional relationship and not on the basis of first impressions or physical characteristics |
| Two Spirit | Native American term for a gay, lesbian, or transgender person |
| Third Gender | category of people who do not identify as male or female, but rather neither or both |
| "In The Gay Rights Movement, There Had Always Been An Unspoken Golden Rule..." | "leave the children out of it" |
| In 2025, What Percent Of Adults Favor A Law That Requires Trans Athletes To Compete On Teams That Match Their Sex At Birth? | 66% (88% of republicans, 45% of democrats) |
| In 2025, What Percent Of Adults Favor A Law That Makes It Illegal For Health Care Professionals To Provide Minors With Medical Care For A Gender Transition? | 56% (79% of republicans, 35% of democrats) |
| In 2025, What Percent Of Adults Favor A Law That Requires Trans People To Use Public Bathrooms That Match Sex At Birth? | 49% (74% of republicans, 25% of democrats) |
| In 2025, What Percent Of Adults Favor A Law That Makes It Illegal For Public School Districts To Teach About Gender Identity In Elementary Schools? | 47% (73% of republicans, 23% of democrats) |
| In 2025, What Percent Of Adults Favor A Law That Protects Trans People From Discrimination In Jobs, Housing, And Public Spaces Such As Restaurants And Stores? | 56% (38% of republicans, 77% of democrats) |
| In 2025, What Percent Of Adults Favor A Law That Requires Health Insurance Companies To Cover Medical Care For Gender Transitions? | 22% (5% of republicans, 40% of democrats) |
| Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government (Executive Order, 1/20/2025) | "the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female" // rejects gender ideology and possibility for person to be born in the wrong sexed body |
| Georgia's Bostock VS Clayton County (6/15/2020) | Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act off 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination |
| On January 23rd, It Became Required That Incarcerated Trans Women To Be... | housed in prison for men |
| On January 24th, It Was Ordered That U.S. Government-Issued Identifications Remove... | the third-gender option (including passports) |
| On January 27th, Trump Issued An Executive Order To Push Transgender People Out Of... | the military |
| Prioritizing Military Readiness And Excellence (Executive Order, 1/27/2025) | reinstates a policy from Trump's first term and revokes an order from President Biden that allowed transgender yo enlist and allowed already enlisted trans service members to receive coverage for transition-related medical care |
| Protecting Children From Chemical And Surgical Mutilation (Executive Ordder, 1/28/2025) | United States "will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called "transition" of a child from on sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures" |
| On January 29th, It Was Ordered That Agencies Must End Programs That Recognize... | transgender people |
| On January 31st, It Was Required For Federal Workers To Remove Pronouns From... | email signatures |
| On February 1st, Protections For LGBTQ+ Students Were... | rolled back |
| On February 5th, Trump Issued An Executive Order To Prevent Transgender Students From Participating In... | women's sports |
| Keeping Men Out Of Women's Sports (Executive Order, 2/5/2025) | prohibits transgender women and girls from competing in women's sports, and directed agencies to withdraw federal funding from schools who wouldn't comply // changing interpretation of Title IX |
| On February 10th, The Military Was Ordered To Stop Recruiting People Who Reported A History Of... | gender dysphoria |
| On February 10th, Any Active-Duty Personnel Were Blocked From Receiving... | hormonal therapies or obtaining surgical procedures that "associate with affirming or facilitating a gender transition" |
| On February 13th, references To Transgender People Were Removed From... | the National Park Service web pages |
| National Park Service's Stonewall Monument (Web Page) | "the Stonewall Uprising on June 28th, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGBTQ+ civil rights and provided momentum for a movement" // was partially combatted in 2025 |
| On February 27th, Trump Said On Social Media That Iowa Should Approve A Bill Ending... | civil rights protections for transgender people |
| On March 11th, Words Relating To D.E.I. Programs Were Scrubbed From... | public-facing government websites |
| On March 17th, There Was A Movement To Phase Out Gender-Affirming Medical Treatments For... | veterans |
| On April 24th, The Supreme Court Was Asked To Revive A Ban On... | transgender troops in the military |
| In May Of 2025, LGBTQ Ties Were Cited In... | ending health studies |
| LGBTQ Ties Cited In Ending Health Studies (May 2025) | Trump administration has rid $800 million+ worth of research into health of LGBTQ people, abandoning cancer/virus studies often affecting members of sexual minority groups and setting back efforts to defeat a resurgence of sexually transmitted infections |
| In May Of 2025, Nine Leading Children's Hospitals Across The Country Received Letters From The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services, Demanding... | data on revenue from pediatric gender treatments and the rates of regrets among patients // hospitals in LA and Pitt decided to shut down their youth gender clinics entirely |
| United States VS Skrmetti (6/18) | Supreme Court ruled that states were allowed to decide rules for transgender care for youths // upheld state laws banning youth gender medicine in about half the country |
| Supreme Court Decision On Parents With Religious Objections To Storybooks With LGBTQ+ Themes (6/27/2025) | Supreme Court ruled that parents with religious objections to storybooks with LGBTQ themes may withdraw their children from public schools when the books are discussed |
| 36% Of Books With LGBTQ+ Characters Or Themes... | were banned from schools from 7/1/21 to 6/30/23 |
| "Don't Say Gay" (4/19/2023) | the Florida Board of Education voted to expand "Don't Say Gay" restrictions on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity (prohibited in grades 4-12 with minimal exceptions) |
| What Is Allophilia Derived From? | the Greek words for "liking of the other" |
| The Five Parts Of Allophilia | affection, comfort, kinship, engagement, enthusiasm |
| Kinship In Allophilia | feeling a close connection with members of the other group |
| Social Constructionism Surrounding Homosexuality | ideas about homosexuality are not objective realities // these ideas have been made and remade, actively and creatively produced by human beings |
| Homosexuality In DSM I (1952) | SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY DISTURBANCE // "sociopathic personality disturbance" is a group of personality or character disorders marked primarily by failure to adapt to prevailing ethical and social standards and by a lack of social responsibility |
| Homosexuality In DSM II (1968) | SEXUAL DEVIATION // DSM corresponded with the emergence of the gay rights movement |
| Homosexuality In DSM II-R (1973) | SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISTURBANCE // was defined not just as same-sex attraction but as a conflict caused by this attraction or a desire to change it (homosexuality removed from the American Psychiatric Association's official list of mental disorders) |
| The American Psychological Association In 1975 Declared That... | "no burden of proof of such judgement, capacity, or reliability shall be placed upon these individuals greater than that imposed on any other persons" (referring to those who engage in homosexual activities) |
| Homosexuality In DSM III (1980) | EGO-DYSTONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER // ego dystonic means to be suffering from a mental health issue which is inconsistent with one's self concept of ego state // the APA retained a diagnosis to represent people unhappy about being homosexual |
| Homosexuality In DSM III-R (1987) | SEXUAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED // residual category for disorders whose chief manifestations are psychological disturbances related to sexuality not covered by any of the other specific categories in the diagnostic class of Psychosexual Disorders |
| Homo sexuality In DSM IV (1994) | OMITTED COMPLETELY // on June 21 of 2019, the American Psychoanalytic Associated apologized for its past views on homosexuality as a form of mental illness |
| Which DSM Saw Homosexuality As Sociopathic Personality Disturbance? | DSM I (1952) -- seen as a failure to adapt to prevailing ethical and social standards and by a lack of social responsibility |
| Which DSM Saw Homosexuality As Sexual Devation? | DSM II (1968) -- corresponded with gay rights movement |
| Which DSM Saw Homosexuality As Sexual Orientation Disturbance? | DSM II-R (1973) -- homosexuality removed from the from the American Psychiatric Association's official list of mental disorders |
| Which DSM Saw Homosexuality As Ego-Dystonic Personality Disorder? | DSM III (1980) -- means to be suffering from a mental health issue which is inconsistent with one's self concept of ego state |
| Which DSM Saw Homosexuality As Sexual Disorder Not Otherwise Specified? | DSM III-R (1987) -- disorder whose chief manifestations are psychological disturbances related to sexuality but not covered by any of the other specific categories |
| Which DSM Completely Omitted Homosexuality As A Mental Disorder? | DSM IV (1994) |
| Which Association Issued An Apology For Its Past Views On Homosexuality? | the American Psychoanalytic Association (6/21/2019) |
| Civil Rights Act, Title VII | makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin |
| Justice Neil Gorsuch Stated That "It Is Impossible To Discriminate Against A Personal For Being Homosexual Or Transgender Without Discriminating Against That Individual Based On..." | "sex" |
| Defense Of Marriage Act (9/21/1996) | marriage is "the legal union between one man and one woman) |
| Did United States Citizens' Support For Same-Sex Marriage Increase Or Decrease From 1996 To 2024? | increased (less than 30% to 69%) |
| Goodridge VS Department Of Public Health | Massachusetts became the 1st state to allow same-sex marriage, and the 5th jurisdiction in the world |
| In Goodridge VS Deparment Of Public Health, Chief Justice Margaret Marshall Reasoned That "The Right To Marry Means Little If It Does Not Include The Right To..." | "marry the person of one's choice" |
| Windsor VS United States (6/26/2013) | Supreme Court ruled that married gay and lesbian couple are entitled to federal benefits |
| Obergefell VS Hodges (6/26/2015) | Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage (protected by 14th Amendment) |
| According To The U.S. Census Bureau, How Many Same-Sex Married Couples Were There In 2023? | 740,523 |
| How Many Countries Have Marriage Equality? | 36 |
| On February 15th Of 2024, Greece Legalized... | same-sex marriage |
| Respect For Marriage Bill (12/13/2022) | signed into law by President Biden, codified the right to same-sex and interracial marriage |
| Justice Thomas Suggested That The Supreme Court Reconsider Substantive Due Process Precedents That Protect Rights To... | contraception, same-sex intimacy, and same-sex marriage |
| U.S. Is The 56th Country With The Most... | violent crimes |
| In The U.S., A Multitude Of Crimes, Alongside Murder... | dropped |
| In 2022, Americans Bought More Than 16 Million... | guns |
| On Average, How Many People Die Each Day In The U.S. From Gun Violence? | 127 |
| The U.S. Sits Alone As The Most Politically Violent Country In Comparison To... | all high-income countries |
| How Many Mass Shootings (4+ People Shot) Occurred In The U.S. In 2024? | 503 |
| In The United States, Mass Shooting Peaked In The Year... | 2021 (around COVID) |
| It Has Been States That "Very Little Of It [American Violence] Has Been..." | insurrectionary (describes actions, people, or movements that relate to, cause, or constitute an active revolt or violent uprising against an established government or authority) |
| What Does Gunnar Myrdal's American Dilemma Say About A Lack Of Reconcilliation? | the “dilemma” contradiction: Americans believe in equality yet society allows racial discrimination/segregation // lack of reconciliation occurs since the US has never fully resolved the contradiction, but ignores it, justifies it, or gradually changes it |
| New York State Rifle & Pistol Association VS Bruen (6/23/2022) | Supreme Court ruled that a New York law requiring people to show a special need to carry a concealed handgun in public was unconstitutional |