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Men and women should be depicted as whole and individual human being. They should not be characterized by traditional attributes of their sexes. Women should be shown to have the same practical, positive and objective attributes as men.

Similarly, men should also be represented as having unreasonable, subjective and negative attributes. In the portrayal of children, girls should often be shown as strong and even domineering. Both men and women should be treated with equal respect and dignity.

While the outworn traditional attributes of each sex should end, their physical attributes should be avoided as far as possible. The sexist approach of viewing women as sex objects, cracking jokes at their expense and satirizing their issues, should be avoided. Likewise, men should not be characterized and ridiculed as over dependent on and dominated by women. The various spheres of activity should not be characterized by sexist demarcations but should include both men and women.

Writers should avoid an attribute of disbelieving surprise at women's competence and efficacy. Women should be spoken of as active participants and not as men's possessions. Besides, women are as much initiators and originators as men.

By saying, 'The various spheres of activity should not be characterized by sexist demarcations', the author intends to avoid _________.

AFixing gender roles ✓ Correct
BGender based traditional attributes
CSocial inequalities
DClass based discrimination
Correct answer: (A) Fixing gender roles
Explanation

When the author says the spheres of activity should not be marked off by sexist lines, the meaning is that work and roles should not be split into men's areas and women's areas. That splitting is exactly the fixing of gender roles, which the author wants to avoid, so the first option is right. The other options, traditional attributes, social inequalities and class discrimination, are broader or different ideas and are not what this particular line is about.

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