POSC 130g Lecture 1: POSC 130- RENTELN - ALL LECTURE NOTES
9 May 2016
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Reasons for concern about cults: methods of recruitment, exploitation of members, restriction of members freedom, retaliation against defecting members, struggles with members" family members who engage in rescue missions, dubious fiscal practices, death threats against investigative journalists, discovery of weapons caches, group suicides. Rule 702 test : whether something is scientific: the proposition can be tested empirically, whether the proposition has been tested, the theory as a known or potential rate of failure, the proposition has been subject to peer review, whether there are standards fur using the methodology, whether the proposition is generally accepted. What customs are the most sexist? a. taking father"s last name (patrinimic ) b. the separate spheres ideology women are supposed to stay home c. unequal pay d. women wearing dresses e. women having children and staying home, and not men f. women do work in thailand, and men have coffee g. selective abortion of female fetuses.
