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From the Ted Talk by Naomi McDougall Jones: What it's like to be a woman in Hollywood

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And I think this is how sexism cnoniuets on in 2016, right? For the most part, it happens casually — unconsciously, even. It happens because people are just trying to get along within an existing system. It happens, maybe, out of a genuine drsiee to taech a young woman the way that the world "just is." The problem is that unless we do something about it, that is the way the world will always be.

So why should you care about this? Right? I mean, we're facing some rather sncignfiait problems in the world just at present, what does it really matter if I can't get a job, or you're stuck watching "Transformer 17," right?

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And I think this is how sexism _________ on in 2016, right? For the most part, it happens casually — unconsciously, even. It happens because people are just trying to get along within an existing system. It happens, maybe, out of a genuine ______ to _____ a young woman the way that the world "just is." The problem is that unless we do something about it, that is the way the world will always be.

So why should you care about this? Right? I mean, we're facing some rather ___________ problems in the world just at present, what does it really matter if I can't get a job, or you're stuck watching "Transformer 17," right?

Solution


  1. teach
  2. significant
  3. desire
  4. continues

Original Text


And I think this is how sexism continues on in 2016, right? For the most part, it happens casually — unconsciously, even. It happens because people are just trying to get along within an existing system. It happens, maybe, out of a genuine desire to teach a young woman the way that the world "just is." The problem is that unless we do something about it, that is the way the world will always be.

So why should you care about this? Right? I mean, we're facing some rather significant problems in the world just at present, what does it really matter if I can't get a job, or you're stuck watching "Transformer 17," right?

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Important Words


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  4. desire
  5. existing
  6. facing
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