The Textbook Presents a Number of False Statements or Myths

question 44

Multiple Choice

The textbook presents a number of false statements or myths about Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals. Each of the following is one of those myths

• A) Sexual orientation can be corrected with they proper intervention.
• B) Gay men have a higher rate of HIV infection than heterosexual men.
• C) Gay men are feminine.
• D) Homosexuality doesn't exist in nature (other species.)

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Definitions:

Sugar

A sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrate found in many plants, extensively used as a sweetener in food and beverages.

Slave Trade

The buying, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves, specifically the transatlantic slave trade which forcibly brought Africans to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

West Indies

A region in the Caribbean Sea consisting of numerous islands that were crucial during the colonial period for their agricultural production, especially sugar.

Indentured Servants

Individuals who agreed to work for a certain period in exchange for transportation to the New World, living expenses, and sometimes land at the end of their service, a common practice in the American colonies.