What is a principal manifest function of establishing the legal right of women to choose an abortion? What might be a latent function?
What will be an ideal response?
For Merton, manifest function refers to the overt or intended purpose of action. Latent function, on the other hand, refers to implicit or unintended purpose. A manifest function of legal abortion is to provide women agency through a legal option for terminating an unwanted pregnancy. Some possible latent functions for establishing legal abortion is to devalue the act of procreation; to shift sexual control from men to women, and to enter a biological/medical/legal decision into the discussion arenas of religion and morality.
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a. minority males. b. families with children. c. single men. d. drug addicts.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false