The High Rate of Caesarean Birth in Brazil in an Example

question 15

Multiple Choice

The high rate of Caesarean birth in Brazil in an example of how culture can influence medical practices in that

• A)doctors will encourage Caesarean birth as they see vaginal birth as "primitive"
• B)husbands will encourage Caesarean birth as they fear that their sons are "polluted" in vaginal childbirth
• C)ideals about the female body portray vaginal childbirth as destructive of a woman's sexuality
• D)vaginal childbirth is seen a sign of being of low class as only the women in shantytowns give birth in painful vaginal deliveries
• E)ideals about the female body encourage natural childbirth,but their husbands and doctors push women to have Caesarean births against their wishes

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Definitions:

Androgynous

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Androgyny Scale

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