Question 1
In Canada in the twentieth century, many Indigenous women were surgically sterilized without their knowledge or consent, due to prevailing beliefs that they had too many children. What is this practice an example of?
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physiological criminalization◦
physician-based categorization◦
genetic cleansing◦
medicalization of devianceQuestion 2
In the medical drama television series Nip/Tuck, plastic surgeons asked prospective patients to disclose what they did not like about themselves. Why is this line of questioning sociologically significant?
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It forces the realization that people who opt for plastic surgery do not like how they look.◦
Doctors are normally trained to ask questions that are worded more positively.◦
The question implies that our bodily representations are who we are.◦
It assumes that all people are dissatisfied with their bodies.