PT149.S2.P4.Q22

PrepTest 149 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 22

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The novelist and social theorist Charlotte Perkins Gilman, whose writings were widely read and discussed in the early twentieth century, played an important role in the debate about the theories of Charles Darwin and their application to society. ████████ ██████ ██ █████████ ███ ███ ████████ █████ ██ ██████ █████████ ███ ███████ █████████████ ██████████ ███ █████ ██ ███████ █████████ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ ██████ █████ █████ ███████████████ ███

Intro topic · Novelist and social theorist Charlotte Gilman
Played important role in debate about application of Darwin's theories to society.
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First group · One group of Social Darwinists believed social interactions are determined by competitive struggle
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Second group · Another group of Social Darwinists believed change can emerge through collective action
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Gilman's perspective · Part of second group
Believed humans can redesign and mold our own societies.
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Elaborate on Gilman's perspective · Gilman believed humans are ethically obligated to engage in societally relevant work
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Gilman's actions · In her fiction and social theory, she urged women to work toward better society
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Gilman's goal · Wanted society to abandon gender-specific work roles and hierarchical relationships
She believed that these were necessary at one time in our societal evolution. But future progress would require a restoration of balance between masculine and feminine traits.
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Gilman's social theory ███ ██████ █████ ████████████ ██ ████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ █████ ███████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ ██████ ████ ███ ██ ███ █████ █████████ █████████ ██ ███ █████

We have no evidence that Gilman’s theory was not closely allied with a major political movement.

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One of Gilman's ███████████ ███ ███ ████████████ ██ ██████ █████████ ████ ███ ██████ █████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ███████ █████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███████

We have no evidence Gilman was the first to apply Darwin to social issues. In fact, she was aligned with a camp of activist Social Darwinists; this suggests Social Darwinism was already something that may have existed before she began writing.

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Gilman worked in ██████ █████████████ ████ █████ ██████ █████████ ██████ ███ ██████████████ ██ █ ███ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██████████

We have no evidence Gilman worked in “direct collaboration” with other social activists.

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Charles Darwin's writings ██ ███ █████████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ██████████ ████████ ████ ████ ██████████ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ █████ ██████ ███████████

We have no evidence Darwin had only an “indirect” influence on Gilman. Maybe he had a direct influence because Gilman read his works.

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Supported, because there was a group of activist Social Darwinists who believed that evolution had implications for how people should act in society.

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