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The, The Act Of `` Essay

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Popularized by the comedic duo of MythBusters, the act of “debunking” has become increasingly sought-after. Debunking requires looking at the subject in a new “light” and offering a different perspective that could provide evidence to expose the falseness of, or “debunk,” a previously held belief. When faced with a topic that emanates ambivalent feelings, the option to gaze upon the topic in a new perspective seems rather enticing. Particularly, if faced with a topic on women, when the writer is a woman, mixed feelings often arise from the situation. It is easy, and much too common, to hear what a woman is. It much more rare to find someone expanding upon an adequate depiction of what women are. The difference lingering prevalently between ‘is’ and ‘are’ can be linked to how broad or abstract the explanation can be. ‘Is’ can be concrete and offer one perspective, as it is the 3rd person singular present of be. ‘Are’ contains a more diverse definition, existing as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person plural present of be. It can be said that one would much rather hear that women are being depicted through not only secondary sources, or “window viewers,” but primary sources as well. It is much more believable and valid when the definition comes from a woman who has experienced being within that gender. Therefore, perhaps abstract in explanation, there is reason to believe that more attention should be paid to the ‘are’s’ on the topic of women. Andrew Stott uses multiple examples and

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