Michael Moore's Film Sicko Explores the U

question 54

Multiple Choice

Michael Moore's film Sicko explores the U.S. health-care system and compares it to other nations' health-care systems through the eyes of everyday people. One segment tells the story of a little girl in the United States who needed an expensive surgery to restore her hearing. The insurance company agreed to perform the surgery on one ear, but not both. They reasoned that the child would be able to hear out of one ear and didn't really need to have hearing in both. The child's parents sent a letter to the insurance company explaining that they were being interviewed by Moore for the film, adding, "Has your CEO ever been in a film before?" Shortly after this, the insurance company notified the family that the child's surgery had been approved. Which theory best explains this family's experience?

• A) total institution
• B) socialized medicine theory
• C) structural functionalism
• D) conflict
• E) symbolic interactionism

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Definitions:

Biological Male

An individual who is born with male genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics, typically having XY chromosomes.

Gender Differences

The distinctions in characteristics, roles, behavior, and biology typically associated with being male or female in a society.

Sex Differences

The biological and psychological distinctions between males and females, often studied in various contexts including cognitive abilities, behavior, and social roles.

Stereotypically

In a way that involves a fixed, generalized, and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.