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The Objectification of Women. Whose Fault is it? Santi DeRosa wrote two versions of his article The Objectification of Women. Whose Fault is it? Through this discussion post, a comparison between the two versions is going to be drawn. The following are the thesis statements for each of the two versions:
a. The first version’s thesis statement is “Are women being objectified by a university that has a responsibility to treat women with equality and not as second class citizens?” (DeRosa).
b. The second version’s thesis statement is “Are women being treated as objects by the very university that has the responsibility to treat them with dignity and equality and not as second class citizens?” (DeRosa)
Summary of the second version: DeRosa’s second version of the article is slightly different than the first. In his final article, DeRosa provides a more comprehensive and in depth examination of how women are being used and in turn how the women themselves are outwardly accepting such behaviors. The author supports his ideas and articulations with research and articles from other scholars and brings to the fore the demeaning and blind
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In the first version, the author speaks of how women are being improperly used to promote products or display universities and relates this to the struggles and inequalities that women face at work, within the family, or in the general society. In the second article, the author utilizes published articles to voice his disagreement with women being improperly portrayed by universities. I agree with DeRosa’s views because I believe that women too have the right to be treated with dignity and respect the same way men are. Universities offer the best platforms through which they can be empowered and fight for equality and be positive agents of change within the

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