FGV 2026.1Questão 40de 60The article provides information that could most likely help to answer which of the following questions?
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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
The article provides information that could most likely help to answer which of the following questions?
- Alternativa A: Why have politicians been ignoring the hopes and ambitions of Gen Z men?
- Alternativa B: Do Gen Z wives obey their husbands because they really want to or because they're afraid not to?
- Alternativa C, a correta: Why do apparently so many Gen Z husbands want to control their wives when apparently so many older husbands think that's relatively unnecessary?Resposta
- Alternativa D: What are some ways in which practicing a religion is encouraging Gen Z wives to be submissive?
- Alternativa E: Why are European husbands less demanding and controlling than Asian husbands are?
O que a questão pede:
Qual pergunta o artigo ajuda a responder. Precisa haver no texto informação que responda à pergunta, ao menos em parte.
Onde está no texto:
O quarto parágrafo existe justamente para explicar a diferença entre gerações: segundo a professora Chung, os homens da Geração Z se sentem ignorados pelos políticos, se ressentem de não ter as oportunidades das gerações anteriores (como comprar uma casa) e se voltam para visões mais conservadoras como forma de dar sentido ao mundo e de manter o poder que viram os pais e os avós terem.
Por que é a letra C:
A pergunta "por que tantos maridos da Geração Z querem controlar as esposas, enquanto tantos maridos mais velhos acham isso menos necessário?" é exatamente a que o quarto parágrafo responde. Os números do primeiro parágrafo (31% contra 13%) mostram a diferença, e o quarto explica.
Por que as outras não:
- A pergunta por que os políticos ignoram os jovens. O texto diz que os jovens se sentem ignorados, mas não explica o porquê.
- B pergunta sobre o motivo das esposas obedecerem. O estudo mede opiniões, não o comportamento das esposas.
- D fala de religião. O texto não menciona religião.
- E compara europeus e asiáticos. O texto dá números de Suécia, Malásia, Indonésia, Tailândia e Hungria, mas não explica a diferença entre continentes.
A armadilha:
A letra A usa uma informação do texto (os jovens se sentem ignorados) numa pergunta que o texto não responde (por que os políticos ignoram). Citar o assunto não basta: o texto precisa ter a resposta.
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