Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
- The logic of displaying one's inner qualities through outward appearance was based on a distinction between being a woman and being feminine.
2.'Appearance' became a signifier of conduct - to look was to be and conformity to the feminine ideal was measured by how well women could use the tools of the fashion and beauty industries.
- The makeover-centric media sets out subtly and not-so-subtly, 'good' and 'bad' ways to be a woman, layering these over inequalities of race and class.
- The denigration of working-class women and women of colour often centres on their perceived failure to embody feminine beauty.
5.'Woman' was considered a biological category, but femininity was a 'process' by which women became specific kinds of women.
Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
- The logic of displaying one's inner qualities through outward appearance was based on a distinction between being a woman and being feminine.
2.'Appearance' became a signifier of conduct - to look was to be and conformity to the feminine ideal was measured by how well women could use the tools of the fashion and beauty industries.
- The makeover-centric media sets out subtly and not-so-subtly, 'good' and 'bad' ways to be a woman, layering these over inequalities of race and class.
- The denigration of working-class women and women of colour often centres on their perceived failure to embody feminine beauty.
5.'Woman' was considered a biological category, but femininity was a 'process' by which women became specific kinds of women.
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Solution
From passage: "The logic of displaying one's inner qualities through outward appearance was based on a distinction between being a woman and being feminine."
The core theme -> distinction between "woman" (biological) vs "femininity" (a process you perform)
Let us trace the logical flow:
- Sentence 5 sets up the basic distinction -> woman = biological, femininity = process
- Sentence 1 builds on this -> explains the logic of showing inner qualities through looks
- Sentence 2 continues -> appearance became the measure of conduct and conformity
- Sentence 4 shows consequence -> those who failed this standard (working-class women, women of color) got criticized
But sentence 3 -> talks about media's role in setting these standards
Think like this: The main story is about a concept (woman vs femininity) -> how it worked (appearance as measure) -> what happened to those who didn't meet it (denigration).
Sentence 3 shifts focus to who creates these standards (media) rather than continuing the explanation of the concept itself.
š¢ Option 3 is the odd one out -> context-shift -> while related, it moves from explaining the woman/femininity distinction and its effects to discussing who perpetuates these ideas (media), which breaks the conceptual flow of the other 4 sentences that stay focused on the distinction itself and its direct consequences.
The other 4 sentences create a clean logical sequence: definition -> logic -> mechanism -> consequence. Sentence 3 introduces a new actor (media) that doesn't fit this flow.