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                 A common myth that has been debunked numerous times is the belief that men are smarter and more intelligent than women. This myth paints the picture of women being dumb and men being intellectually superior. However, through numerous studies, this statement has been proven false. One reason that this idea came to take place is because of womens’ rights in the past. In historical societal structures, women were forbid from pursuing an education and were often held to a lower social status. Over time, this led to feeling that women are intellectually inferior to men because they don't have an education. This later on got reinforced through biased interpretations of brain size and biology which had been debunked by science through multiple studies.  People also argue that women on average tend to score lower on intelligence tests. This is true, women tend to score on average 2-4 points lower than men on IQ tests but th...

We as a society use euphemisms in our everyday life to discuss various topics in our everyday life. We say things like passed away as a substitute for death, let go of instead of fired, or even correctional facility as a substitute for prison. Two extremely common euphemisms we use daily without even realizing it are “handicapped” and “disabled” as substitutes for calling someone crippled. Nancy Mairs writes about how euphemisms are prevalent in society and how the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’ are not accurate portrayals of he condition as she describes herself rather as a cripple. She discussed how people “wince at the word cripple” and how society creates euphemisms for people like her to make themselves more comfortable with talking about someone that is disabled. Mairs also developes the point that substitutes like these are “pure verbal garbage” and creating euphemisms for everything causes the degeneration of the english language. Euphemisms are mainly formed when words sta...