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Английский язык для магистратуры
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he –ism Schism
The __________ (7) behind such __________ (8) is that the sexes are equal in capacity, aptitude, 
drive and interest, and if there is a __________ (9) in pay, only bigotry can explain it. But are there 
not other, simpler answers for why women __________ (10) less?
Perhaps half of women __________ (11) the job market during their lives to __________ (12) 
children, which puts them behind men who never leave the workforce. Women gravitate to teach-
ing, nursing, __________ (13) and service work, which pay less than jobs where men __________ 
(14): mining, manufacturing, __________ (15) and the military.
Sports have become a national obsession, and among the most rewarded professions in fame 
and fortune. And TV viewers prefer to watch male athletes __________ (16) in baseball, basketball, 
football, hockey, golf, tennis and boxing. 
L.S. lost his job as president of Harvard for __________ (17) that women have less __________ 
(18) for higher math and that may explain why they are __________ (19) on Ivy League faculties in 
the sciences, economics and math. Would not that male __________ (20) help explain why men are 
__________ (21) in investment banking and corporate finance, where salaries are among the highest?
Some politicians want the government to more closely __________ (22) all businesses until 
women reach pay __________ (23). Whence comes this egalitarian fanaticism?
Not from our Declaration of Independence, which spoke of all men being __________ (24) in 
their Creator-endowed rights to life, liberty and the __________ (25) of happiness. Nor from the 
America Revolution, which was about liberty not equality, not this alien ideology of egalitarianism. 
Equality is not even mentioned in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, and the 14th Amendment’s 
“equal protection” clause did not even make an appearance until after the Civil War. And that was 
about equal justice __________ (26) law, not the socioeconomic equality of all Americans.
Except in God-__________ (27) and constitutional rights, we are not equal. We are all unequal. 
The utopian __________ (28) of equality is but the banner of every power-hungry politician in 
modern history. And the rise of the egalitarian society means the death of the free society.
Ex. 37. 
a) Read the following article and identify its topic and thesis. 
b) Think of a possible title.
c) Comment on the ideas of the article.
Have you heard about “trigger warnings,” the latest thought control lunacy that has found its 
way onto college campuses? I weep for our children as they try to navigate the insanity in our so-
ciety fronting as being protective of their interests.
Trigger warnings are disclaimers that are attached to literature or other content to alert stu-
dents to potentially traumatic subject matter the literature may contain. The most common types 
of warnings to date have reportedly involved rape, sexual abuse and mental illness.
Until recently, the warnings were mostly on feminist oriented Internet message boards and 
blogs, but now they’ve gravitated to some of our universities, many of which never found a kooky 
idea they didn’t embrace. In addition to expanding their jurisdictional scope, they have also in-
creased in their range of forbidden topics. In many venues, trigger warnings now apply to all kinds 
of isms “racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, ableism, and other issues of privilege 
and oppression,” as exemplified by an Oberlin College document concerning triggers.
What is the rationale for warning readers that they might encounter these isms in the flagged 
literature? Well, according to the Oberlin document, “a trigger is something that recalls a traumatic 
event to an individual. Reactions to triggers can take many different forms; individuals may feel 

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