Answer to Question #253619 in English for Derrick

Question

a) Explain the following words as they have been used in the passage:
i. Condemning
ii. Perceptions
iii. Perceptions
iv. Asserting CR (8)

b) Explain with the support of examples from the passage, how the writer projects a
particular beauty ritual which is more encouraged among women? EV (7)

c) Using your examples, describe how the writer used the concept of à ƒ ƒ ƒ ¢ € œdomesticityà ƒ ƒ ƒ ¢ €  to
promote specific perceptions about the modern African woman while discouraging patronage
of foreign products. EV (5)

d) Using examples from the passage explain how does the writer discuss the how the
advice given by columnist led to gender rivalry and raised alarm among men?

Answer 1

a)

i) Condemning has been used to express a negative or unfavorable opinion of; to express severe disapproval of; and to condemn. It declares a person to be guilty and sentences them to punishment.

ii) The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses is referred to as perception. It refers to how something is regarded, comprehended, or interpreted.

iii) Perception denotes being aware of, comprehending, or comprehending something. Knowing when to try a different strategy with a learner to help them learn more is an example of perception. Sensory information is organized, identified, and interpreted. Conscious comprehension of a concept.

iv) Asserting entails making a positive statement in the face of a rejection or protest. It entails making a confident statement without regard for proof or evidence.

b)

Human beauty is a cultural construct that includes attractiveness of the face and physique. Cosmetic use is one of the most common changes to one's look. Cosmetics use among women as a sort of ritualized social comparison with others and as a technique of providing women personal control. In a postmodern culture, ritualized behaviors of acquiring and applying cosmetics promote personal identity creation and provide women a higher sense of cultural authority and social agency.

c)

Modern African ethnicity is a social construction of the colonial period based on pre-colonial societies' reactions to colonialism's social, economic, cultural, and political pressures. Ethnicity is the result of a continuous historical process that is both old and new at the same time, rooted in the past but continually in production. Internal tensions over moral economics and political legitimacy connected to the defining of ethnic communities—moral ethnicity—and exterior conflicts over differential access to modernity's resources and economic accumulation—political tribalism—led to the emergence of African ethnic innovation. This explains why African politics is so personalistic, materialistic, and opportunistic. These networks also infiltrate civil society and liberal democracy, undercutting socioeconomic and political reform efforts.

d)

Modern warfare has wreaked havoc on the lives and dignity of women and girls, as well as the health and educational services that are necessary for family and community survival. Because deliberate gender-based violence and discrimination are common in these settings, the negative effects of conflict hit women and girls more than they do their male counterparts, in addition to reproductive health concerns. As a result, these gender-specific hazards to women and girls exacerbate the difficulties in assuring their safety. As a result, there are gaps in the design and delivery of support and protection, putting women in conflict and post-conflict situations at a disadvantage.