What is meant by the “medicalization” of reproductive health? Describe how one aspect of women’s reproductive health may be impacted by medicalization.
What will be an ideal response?
Medicalization refers to the process whereby normal conditions, such as the menstrual cycle, can be viewed as medical conditions that require treatment. For example, considering premenstrual syndrome a diagnosable illness--characterized by pains, anxiety, and depressed mood--encourages views of women’s bodies as regularly sick and unable to function.
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Supporting slavery and expansion including annexation of Texas and Oregon and opposing high tariffs and a national bank, a man named _____ _ ____, "Young Hickory," was elected president in 1844.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In an attempt to modernize the Ottoman Empire, what did Sultan Mahmud II abolish?
a. Islam b. universities c. the Janissaries d. rule of law e. women's legal rights
For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. "mass line policy”
What will be an ideal response?
The first metal to be worked was
a. copper. b. bronze. c. steel. d. silver.