Atrocities Against Women are Always Unacceptable in Any Society

Question: Atrocities against women are always unacceptable in any society. However, it is more important to denounce such acts in developed societies than in developing/underdeveloped societies even though the number and the intensity of such atrocities are likely to be lower in developed societies. After all, developed societies are looked up to as ideal societies, as paving the path for developing and underdeveloped societies, and so should not tolerate any degree of atrocities against women. Additionally, support for feminist movements often originates in developed societies and the governments in these societies should be more acutely aware of the requirement of their support in case of atrocities against women.

Which one of the following is a proper inference from the passage?

1. All governments have control over atrocities against women in their societies.
2. Some atrocities against women are more opprobrious than others.
3. Lapse in supporting women in developed societies does not bode well for developing/underdeveloped societies.
4. Atrocities against women are more likely in developed societies than elsewhere.
5. Governments in developed societies can more effectively control atrocities against women than other governments.

Atrocities Against Women are Always Unacceptable in Any Society - is a GMAT Critical reasoning question. This particular GMAT Critical Reasoning topic has been taken from ‘The Official The Official Guide of GMAT Verbal Review 2016’. This particular question is inference type. For this type, the candidates need to provide logical conclusions based on evidence as given in the passage. GMAT critical reasoning tests the logical and analytical skills of the candidates. GMAT critical reasoning requires candidates to find the strengths and weaknesses of the argument, or find the logical flaw in the argument.  The GMAT CR section contains 10 -13 GMAT critical reasoning questions out of 36 GMAT verbal questions.

Answer: B
Explanation: A GMAT Critical Reasoning section comprises some facts and arguments. GMAT critical reasoning tests the reasoning abilities of the candidates. The candidate has to find out the correct option by finding the logically correct argument or by eliminating the irrelevant arguments.

We will check and provide an explanation for each option. 

Option A: Incorrect. 
– The arguments do not compare the seriousness of various atrocities. It is comparing attitudes towards them in the developed world against developing/underdeveloped. Also, all governments cannot do not have control, or else this would not have happened. hence, this option is not correct.

Option B: Correct. 
 – The passage states that the number and the intensity of such atrocities are likely to be lower in developed societies. This means that atrocities happen lesser in developed societies than in underdeveloped societies. here is a comparison and the statement also compares saying that some atrocities are more opprobrious than others. hence, this is the correct option.

Though we have found the correct option, we will also check and explain the remaining options. 

Option C: Incorrect. 
-  This argument talks about the lapse in supporting women in general but the passage is about the atrocities of women. We can consider this out of scope and hence, cannot be inferred.

Option D: Incorrect. 
– After all, developed societies are looked up to as ideal societies, as paving the path for developing and underdeveloped societies, and so should not tolerate any degree of atrocities against women. But this is not always the case.

Option E: Incorrect. 

– The power that the government has in comparison to that has not been talked about in the passage and hence this argument cannot be inferred.

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