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Mathilda Is Morbidly Obese

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Mathilda is morbidly obese.She regularly has problems interacting with her family,friends,and strangers due to the stereotypes that abound regarding her illness.She even lost a job once because she could no longer accept the degrading comments made by her coworkers and boss regarding what they perceived as her moral failings for being so obese.What term would sociologists use to refer to her obesity since it is devalued and labeled by society as undesirable?

Definitions:

Logic of Statements

Concerns the principles and criteria for evaluating the validity and coherence of declarative sentences that assert something.

Conjunction

A grammatically correct construction used to assert that two statements are both true.

Logic of Statements

The study and application of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning, especially as it applies to statements.

Valid Inferences

Reasonable conclusions or judgments drawn from evidence and reasoning rather than explicit statements.