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What was ironic about the Contagious Diseases Act of 1864?
 
  a. The Contagious Diseases Act was enacted to provide free medical treatments to prostitutes suffering from a sexually transmitted infection; however, most of the prostitutes who volunteered for testing were uninfected and those who were in fact infected avoided the testing.
  b. Designed to screen prostitutes for sexually transmitted infections, many women examined under the Act became infected for the first time when unsterile speculum were used to examine them.
  c. Those who implemented the Act were in favor of helping reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections; however, law enforcement officials used the act as a way to arrest prostitutes, causing most prostitutes and physicians to avoid testing facilities.
  d. The Act was enacted to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections; however, the method used, implantation of a barrier device into the vaginal cavities of prostitutes, actually increased the spread of infection because of increased vaginal tearing.

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Of arrests made for violations of prostitution laws, ____.
 
  a. about 30 are of prostitutes and 70 are of customers
  b. about 50 are of prostitutes and 50 are of customers
  c. about 70 are of prostitutes and 30 are of customers
  d. about 90 are of prostitutes and 10 are of customers



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Benayers

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D




EY67

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Reply 2 on: Jun 18, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Wow, this really help

 

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