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Metfan725

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Women in many parts of the world are particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS for all of the following reason except:
 
  a. they have less biological resistance to the disease than men.
  b. it is unacceptable in some cultures for women to say no to unwanted sex.
  c. in some sexually restrictive cultures, women are denied information about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases.
  d. women are economically dependent on men.
  e. women face physical violence for voicing their concerns and choices.

Question 2

Pregnant women in developing countries face all of the following except:
 
  a. malnutrition.
  b. a lack of trained medical personnel to deal with high-risk pregnancies.
  c. 80 to 600 times the risk of dying of complications of pregnancy than women in the industrialized world.
  d. increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
  e. increased likelihood to seek contraceptive devices.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: E





 

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