We raise girls to cater to the fragile egos of men. We – UNICAMP 2019 

(Adaptado da palestra “We should all be feminists”, 15/07/2009. Disponível em: . Acessado em 14/05/2018.)

We raise girls to cater to the fragile egos of men. We teach girls do shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We tell girls ‘You can have ambition, but not too much’. ‘You should aim to be successful, but not too successful, otherwise you will threaten the man’. (…) We teach girls shame – ‘Close your legs, cover yourself!’. We make them feel as though by being born female, they’re already guilty of something. And so, girls grow up to be women who cannot see they have desire. They grow up to be women who silence themselves. They grow up to be women who cannot say what they truly think. And they grow up – and this is the worst thing we do to girls – to be women who turn pretense into an art form.

O texto anterior reproduz trechos de uma palestra proferida pela escritora nigeriana Chimamanda Adichie em 2009. Segundo a autora, o fato de serem criadas para agradar aos homens faz com que as mulheres

(A) valorizem sua sexualidade ao longo de suas vidas.

(B) cresçam vendo a dissimulação como algo normal.

(C) sejam ameaçadas, caso se tornem bem-sucedidas.

(D) tenham suas vozes silenciadas pelos homens.

Resposta:

Alternativa Correta: B) cresçam vendo a dissimulação como algo normal.

Na opinião de Chimamanda Adichie o fato de as mulheres serem criadas para agradar aos homens faz com que elas cresçam vendo a dissimulação como algo normal.

No texto:
“And they grow up – and this is the worst thing we do to girls – to be women who turn pretense into an art form. ”

* to turn… into = transformar em
* pretense = fingimento