Sommers claims that boys are now being neglected in some schools that favor giving girls the attention that boys once used to get. Do you think she could be right? Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer will vary.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Michael Gurian believes it is largely people's brains that are responsible for the disposition of some people to think and act in ways that are commonly associated with the thoughts and behaviors of the opposite sex. 2. The princess phenomenon is an example of classical feminism which states that anyone can become a princess. 3. In Ibsen's A Doll's House, Nora is in trouble because of an old case of shoplifting. 4. Ibsen's A Doll's House can be seen as a harbinger of the modern debate about ethics of justice versus ethics of care. 5. In Harriet Taylor Mill's "Enfranchisement of Women," Mill disagrees with the claim that adding women to the workforce would create unfair competition to men.

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What alternative to temple worship was instituted so that exiled Jews could worship in a strange land

(Babylon)?

a. animal sacrifice b. congregations c. ritual dance d. reciting the Psalms

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__________ wrote a spiritual autobiography called the Confessions and helped shaped orthodox Christian teachings with his conceptualizations of doctrines such as original sin and the role of the church in history

a. Augustine of Hippo b. John Calvin c. (Pope) John Paul II d. Martin Luther e. Thomas Aquinas

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Logical warranting, unlike factual warranting, ________

A. does not require relevance B. can be successful even if the premises are not accepted C. requires a conclusion that all parties accept D. involves a web of belief

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