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How does the distribution of eating disorders in the U.S.population help demonstrate the fact that disease is a social as well as a biological phenomenon?


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Gender-Assuming Term

Language or terms that imply or assign a gender to a person or a group, sometimes leading to stereotypes or biases.

Familiar Objects

Items or things that are well known or recognized by someone due to frequent exposure or inherent knowledge.

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

Benjamin Lee Whorf

An American linguist and fire prevention engineer known for his ideas on linguistic relativity, the hypothesis that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition.

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