Exercise for week 7

•the “battle of the sexes” started with Adam and Eve
•it will probably continue forever
•the opinion that mean are superior to women has long been accepted in many cultures
•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
•feminists believe education has contributed to the gender inequality
•recent research contradicts the view that males and females are innately alike

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