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QUESTION N15
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10 marks

Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.

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7 min
200 words

What the examiner wants

Comment the exact proposition in the PYQ — “Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Women and Associated concerns.

CommentGive your own view on the statement and back it with facts and examples.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.’, directly answer: Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias≈45 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.’, build the causal/institutional mechanism behind Women and Associated concerns, not just a list of features≈45 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.’, add one verified official-source anchor and a limitation/counterpoint specific to Women and Associated concerns≈45 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise Women and Associated concernsExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.’, avoid a generic note on Women and Associated concerns; answer the actual wording/directive and the Women and Associated concerns proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.’, do not add examples around Women and Associated concerns unless they prove, qualify or rebut the proposition asked

Value addition

  • 3-box flow: concept/context → core argument/evidence → implication/way forward
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.