Keeping in Mind the Sources Cited, Discuss the Credibility of the Claim(s)

question 15

Essay

Keeping in mind the sources cited, discuss the credibility of the claim(s) made in the following passage:
"'You hear in the folklore about miracles happening, but I have never seen one thing yet that could be called an actual medical cure,' says Douglas Sharon, a University of California, Los Angeles, anthropologist who has studied curandrismo [Peruvian folk medicine] on the north coast of Peru for 18 years."
-From a National Geographic Magazine news feature

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Definitions:

Functionalists

Scholars or theorists who view society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability.

Innate Masculine

A concept or belief in traits or qualities considered inherently or naturally associated with being male.

Social Constructionism

The theory that argues many aspects of the social world are created through collective human agreement and that our understanding of reality is shaped through social interactions.

Gender Ideologies

Systems of beliefs and values that define and justify the roles, rights, and responsibilities of individuals based on their gender.