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Select one (only) of the following Box Features in Ch. 9. Pl…

Select one (only) of the following Box Features in Ch. 9. Please write an essay about your selected topic that (a) summarizes the main points in the box feature, (b) answers the questions (below) associated with that topic, and (c) includes your interpretation of these issues. Please properly (p.#) cite all information you summarize from the e-text, both direct quotes and paraphrasing.Focus on Research (p. 166) – Working the Streets – Violence & Victimization among ProstituesWhat are two experiences that most (if not all) street-level prostitutes have in common?What are the factors that draw women into this form of sex work? What are the factors that keep them in this type of work?ORMedia Matters (p. 162) – Digital Dating Violence1. What is meant by the phrase “digital dating violence?”2.  What evidence have you seen of the digital violence described by Reed and her colleagues?ORA Closer Look at Men (p. 154) – Gendered Violence: Men and School Shootings To date, almost all school mass shootings have been committed by young, White men. Why do you think this istrue?Identify some of the ways that gender socialization encourages aggression by men. Under what conditions does this lead some men to violent behavior?ORHistory Speaks (p. 158) – Yesterday’s Feminists Talk About TodayWhat were the social conditions that encouraged the lynching that Ida B. Wells-Barnett was so active inpreventing?What specific forms of racial violence are directed against African-Americans today?