In the cultural conception at the root of common attitudes towards disability in India, which pairing of culprit and victims is correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Destiny as the culprit; disabled people as the victims
Option (1) Society as the culprit; disabled people as the victims — Incorrect. Blaming society belongs to the social view of disability, which holds that society renders people disabled. The cultural conception behind common attitudes does not blame society; it blames fate.
Option (2) Disabled people as the culprit; their families as the victims — Incorrect. This pairing makes the disabled person the wrongdoer, which no conception describes. In the common view the disabled person is the victim, and fate is the one blamed.
Option (3) Poverty as the culprit; poor families as the victims — Incorrect. Poverty is linked to disability because it raises the incidence of disability among the poor. That is a fact about who becomes disabled, and it names no culprit or victims.
Option (4) Destiny as the culprit; disabled people as the victims — Correct. The cultural conception views an impaired body as a result of fate. So destiny is seen as the culprit and disabled people as its victims, which also feeds the idea of retribution for past karma.
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