During the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, violence, even murder, was perpetrated against the elderly because
(a) adult children considered the elderly a social burden.
(b) adult children were frustrated by the slow pace of the elderly.
(c) adult children often wanted control of economic resources of the elderly.
(d) societies have never respected the elderly.
(c)
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a. six months before the wedding b. two weeks before the wedding c. at the same time plans for the wedding are being made d. a year before the wedding
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A. Stigma B. Critical action C. Secondary deviance D. Moral panic