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The point that the writer, Bonnie Smith Yackel mother’s, is trying to make is that based on her experiences and stories about her mother, the writer is trying to enlighten the issue of a power struggle between man and woman by showing a society that discredits women’s work and credibility of service. However, the reason why the author’s is not explicitly states the thesis is because it seems that the issue of sexism can be a complicated and sensitive. Furthermore, it seems that the author was trying to show the audience the reality through her testimony so that the audience could judge the passage by themselves based on the author’s story.

At that time, the essay would have not considered published in magazines that are towards readers who

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