exercise 2

The “battle of the sexes” started with Adam and Eve and it will probably continue forever. The opinion that man are superior to women has long been accepted in many cultures. However, the feminist movement is trying to change this view. Feminists claim that boys and girls are exactly equal at birth but become unequal because of the way they are treated by society. Therefore, feminists believe education has contributed to the gender inequality. Most importantly, recent research contradicts the view that males and females are innately alike.

Adapted from Introduction to Academic writing (2nd edition), N.Y.: Lon