PrepTest 110, Section 1, Question 21
When women are persecuted on account of their(438 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(21 more words not shown)
- Aa woman who(17 more words not shown)
- Ba woman who(15 more words not shown)
- Ca woman who(16 more words not shown)
- Da woman who(14 more words not shown)
- Ea woman who(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The social-group category is the safety net for people who should qualify but don't fit neatly under the other grounds. I'd look for persecution that isn't already described here in terms of race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.
What we’re looking for
The choices all concern women, so that fact alone can't decide this. What matters is the reason each woman faces the treatment described.
Working the answers
- A
Poverty can create terrible circumstances, but this choice doesn't establish persecution. Being unable to support a family isn't enough to meet the definition discussed here.
- B
The stated reason is racial discrimination. Race is already a separately named ground; this doesn't illustrate the additional gender-based application developed in paragraph 3.
- C
The restriction is based on religious membership, another separately listed ground. It doesn't match the social-group application as directly as D.
- DCorrect
She faces persecution for rejecting her society's arranged-marriage norm. That fits the report's example of women treated harshly because they have violated their community’s social norms (paragraph 3). We have both persecution and the rejection of an imposed social expectation.
- E
Her opposition to the government's treatment of prisoners gives us a political-opinion reason for persecution. That also has its own expressly named category.
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