Women and Femininity Odd One Out
CAT 2020 Slot 3 · VARC · Hard · Verbal Ability
Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer:
A. The logic of displaying one's inner qualities through outward appearance was based on a distinction between being a woman and being feminine. B. '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. C. 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. D. The denigration of working-class women and women of colour often centres on their perceived failure to embody feminine beauty. E. 'Woman' was considered a biological category, but femininity was a 'process' by which women became specific kinds of women.
C
Explanation
The sentences relate to subject of being a woman versus being feminine. EB is a link. The sentences are structured similarly and state what signifies what. Sentence A relates to the same idea. AEB is a possible sequence. Between C and D, D fits better to the idea in B--the measure of the feminine ideal. C, which is about how the 'make-over centric media' set out to define 'good' and 'bad' ways to be a woman, is the odd one out.
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