Question
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) Question on Jumbled paragraphs
Five jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out and key in the number of the sentence as your answer:
The logic of displaying one’s inner qualities through outward appearance was based on a distinction between being a woman and being feminine.
'Appearance' became a signifier of conduct - to look was to be and conformity to the feminine ideal was measured by how well women could use the tools of the fashion and beauty industries.
The makeover-centric media sets out subtly and not-so-subtly, 'good' and 'bad' ways to be a woman, layering these over inequalities of race and class.
The denigration of working-class women and women of colour often centres on their perceived failure to embody feminine beauty.
‘Woman’ was considered a biological category, but femininity was a ‘process’ by which women became specific kinds of women.
The makeover-centric media sets out subtly and not-so-subtly, 'good' and 'bad' ways to be a woman, layering these over inequalities of race and class.
Solution
Statement (1) talks about how the "logic" of assessing a woman's inner quality revolved around discerning the difference between the perception of "being a woman and being feminine". In contrast, statement (5) underscores the distinction in this comprehension: the former is labeled as a 'biological category', while the latter is described as a 'process'. Statement (2) extends the discussion by elaborating on how the gauge of the "feminine ideal" was contingent upon a woman's physical appearance. Following this thread, statement (4) elaborates on how the inability to conform to this ideal resulted in the marginalization of working-class women and women of color. It's evident that Statement (3) stands out as the anomaly in this sequence.
So, the correct option is (C): The makeover-centric media sets out subtly and not-so-subtly, ‘good’ and ‘bad’ ways to be a woman, layering these over inequalities of race and class.