Identify one side effect of each of the three most common chemicals used in skin lighteners.

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Mercury’s side effects include neurological damage and kidney disease. Hydroquinone can damage skin that is exposed to the sun and the long-term use can lead to ochronosis. Overuse of corticosteroids can causecontact eczema, bacterial and fungal infection, Cushing’s syndrome, and skin atrophy.

Sociology

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The family projection process

a. involves the triangulation of a child b. is generally seen as a product of the anxiety and fusion present in the parents' relationship with one another c. is one way parents lessen the anxiety that they feel about themselves. d. all of the above

Sociology

Prolonged problems at work can be stressful but there is little evidence it is physically harmful

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Sociologists inspired by the __________ perspective see interactive technologies as exposing children to gendered experiences

a. functionalist b. conflict c. symbolic interactionalist d. feminist

Sociology

Apply the following quote to a real life example. Remember to relate the example back to critical theory: “In advanced societies, however, culture has become synonymous with industry and hence subject to the rule of efficient production and standardization that is its hallmark. The relationship between mass culture and the individual is one akin to that of seller and buyer. However, “the customer is not king, as the culture industry would like to have us believe, not its subject but its object” (ibid.:99).”

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology