Answer Choices
have long served as the basis for the formal organization of society.
are matters of deeply entrenched tradition.
can be influenced by legislative reforms only indirectly.
benefit the groups and institutions currently in power.
Explanation for Question 36 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7
Question 36 asks in passage to mil. 2 Most strongly suggests that gender roles are resistant to change because of why. 3 So we're going to look back into passage two at where they're specifically referencing 4 gender roles, because you can see that gender roles are specifically referenced in the 5 question. And then we'll see what mil has to say about 6 why they're so static. So we can find this at the 7 end of the first paragraph. And we know that this is where we're supposed 8 to be looking, because this is the first specific mention of gender roles, 9 right? Of all relations that between men and women. 10 So if we keep reading, it says being the nearest and most intimate and 11 connecting with the greatest number of strong emotions was sure to be the last, 12 to throw off the old rule. So this is where you see evidence of 13 the static nature of gender roles. 14 They're going to be the last to throw off the old rule or like 15 the traditional rules here and receive the new. 16 So to be replaced by a better system. 17 And then this sentence is going to give us the reasoning for that. 18 So it says for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling, 19 which they talked about up here, it's connected with the greatest number of strong 20 emotions. So in proportion to the strength of that feeling 21 is the tenacity or like the persistence with which it clings to the forms 22 and circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. 23 So basically what this is sayi...