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Kristen, I completely agree with you about the second example we read about. The introduction was an attention grabber and also made me want to continue to read the authors argument. As I continued to read the paper I thought the author did go a good job with her supporting her argument as well as sticking to the thesis. It did get a little biased as you said. It would have been nice to hear the other side of the argument. In the conclusion after reading all of her supported claims it did make me think about how I personally view men in performing arts. The author is right that here is a huge stereotype towards the men in todays society and how it was not always like that. I think that it would take a lot to change the way today’s society views

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