Read a short article and answers

Read a short article and answers

Answers need to include details.(answer what it asks)

3. Read this article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/10/the-best-countries-for-gender-equality-may-also-have-a-domestic-violence-problem/?utm_term=.45561ee11b35

Describe the paradox regarding rates of domestic violence reporting:

4. In the same article, one argument explaining the paradox is that there is a “backlash.” The other argument is that actual rates of violence are in countries with less gender equality are probably much higher (they are under-reported).

A. Explain both arguments.
– Backlash explanation (the reported rates are indeed higher in the gender equal countries and lower in the gender unequal countries):

– “Reported rates are misleading” explanation (they are over-reported in gender equal countries and under-reported in the gender unequal countries):

B. Explain why you agree with one or the other (both cannot be true):

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Two students Enrique Gracia and Juan Merlo have come up with what they coined as the “Nordic paradox”, which is a term used to describe the controversy lurking on the issue of gender equality and the rate of domestic violence. According to a study conducted by the World Economic Forum in 2015, gender equality is highest in four of the Nordic nations; this gender

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