FGV 2026.1Questão 38de 60Considering the information presented in the article, you can most likely conclude which of the following?
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Numeração da prova tipo 1.
Texto das questões 38 a 40
HUSBANDS & WIVES
By Malu Cursino and Grace Dean
(Note: Generation Z [Gen Z] – people born between 1996 and 2012. Baby Boomers – people born between 1945 and 1965.)
- Gen Z men are more likely than their Baby Boomer counterparts to believe wives should “obey” their husbands, a global study by Ipsos and Kings College London suggests. The study, which surveyed 23,000 people worldwide, shows that, in this international group, as many as 31% of men in their teens and twenties believe “a wife should always obey her husband,” while 13% of older men aged 60 and over agree with that statement.
- People from 29 countries took part, with the UK generally having more progressive views overall than the average of countries in the study. In interviews with BBC News, the study’s co-author, Professor Heejung Chung (a woman) says social media has played a “huge role” in changing attitudes worldwide, while a UK-based women’s rights group says the statistics show that “we are going in the wrong direction.”
- Older women – those born between 1945 and 1965 – were the least likely to agree that wives should always obey their husbands (6%), but 18% of the younger Gen Z women agreed.
- Attempting to explain the gap between generations, Professor Chung told the BBC that Gen Z men feel ignored by politicians, and some of them resent not having the same opportunities as the older generations – for example, the chance to buy a home. She argues that turning to more conservative views on gender is “their way of making sense of the world” and of holding on to “potential power and the powers that they’ve seen their fathers and grandfathers have.”
- The survey results vary drastically by country. In Sweden, for example, only 4% of respondents across all age groups agreed that a wife should always obey her husband, compared to 60% in Malaysia and 66% in Indonesia. And 80% of all respondents in Thailand – compared to 25% in Hungary – agree that we have gone so far in promoting women’s equality that we are discriminating against men.
Adapted from the BBC website, March 5, 2026
Considering the information presented in the article, you can most likely conclude which of the following?
- Alternativa A: Throughout the world, married women everywhere are fast losing the independence they had fought so hard to gain.
- Alternativa B: In most countries, as a single woman ages, she becomes more independent.
- Alternativa C: Several studies now show that old married couples have never been so liberal and progressive as they are now.
- Alternativa D: When sex becomes less important in a marriage, husbands become less interested in controlling their wives.
- Alternativa E, a correta: It's possible that a world without social media could conceivably have at least one liberating effect on the lives of married women in many countries.Resposta
O que a questão pede:
Uma conclusão que o artigo permite tirar. A conclusão pode ir um pouco além do texto, mas tem de se apoiar nele.
Onde está no texto:
No segundo parágrafo, a coautora do estudo, Heejung Chung, diz que as redes sociais tiveram um "huge role" (papel enorme) na mudança de atitudes no mundo todo. Essa mudança, pelos números do primeiro e do terceiro parágrafos, é para uma visão mais conservadora: 31% dos jovens da Geração Z acham que a esposa deve obedecer ao marido, contra 13% dos homens com mais de 60 anos.
Por que é a letra E:
Se as redes sociais ajudaram a espalhar a ideia de que a esposa deve obedecer, um mundo sem elas poderia ter pelo menos um efeito libertador na vida de mulheres casadas. A alternativa é cautelosa ("It's possible", "could conceivably", "at least one") e se apoia no que a especialista disse.
Por que as outras não:
- A diz que mulheres casadas em todo lugar estão perdendo a independência depressa. O estudo mede opinião, não o que acontece nos casamentos, e mostra enorme diferença entre países (Suécia 4%, Indonésia 66%).
- B fala da mulher solteira que envelhece. O texto não trata de mulheres solteiras.
- C fala de vários estudos e de casais idosos mais liberais do que nunca. Há um estudo só, e ele não compara os idosos de hoje com os de antes.
- D liga sexo e controle. O texto não fala disso.
A armadilha:
A letra A tem o tom do texto ("going in the wrong direction"), mas generaliza ("everywhere", "fast"). Na FGV, a conclusão certa costuma ser a mais modesta, com "possible" ou "could".
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