In the 1960s,many social scientists,including Daniel Patrick Moynihan,viewed the strong role held by women in many African American families as:
A) the inevitable result of poverty and discrimination that emasculated husbands and fathers.
B) a detrimental characteristic that undermined men's roles in the family and caused all sorts of social problems.
C) a positive characteristic that would eventually strengthen the African American family.
D) an anomaly that resulted from increased job opportunities for black women but not black men after World War II.

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The correct answer is B because many social scientists in the 1960s, including Daniel Patrick Moynihan, viewed the strong role held by women in many African American families as a detrimental characteristic that undermined men's roles in the family and caused all sorts of social problems.

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