In Canada in the Twentieth Century, Many First Nations Women

question 110

Multiple Choice

In Canada in the twentieth century, many First Nations women were surgically sterilized without their knowledge or consent, due to prevailing beliefs that they had too many children. What is this practice an example of?

• A) medicalization of deviance
• B) physician-based categorization
• C) physiological criminalization
• D) genetic predispositioning

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