Abstract

Being male provides many socialably accepted behaviors that provides many opprotunities for the males. Males can do just about anything and it is accepted in todays society. They are allowed to do these things without being looked upon as being weird. Males are thought of being the stronger of the two sexes. This is probably true strength wise. Males are provided Better job opprotunities. Just about any job a male takes is accepted as a good job. Males are just more accepted in everything they do in our society. This example from a developmental student is extreme, but in varying degrees many inexperienced writers have difficulty knowing when and how to use specifics. We could decide that such students are more cognitively immature-or even cognitively deficient-but I believe a far more plausible explanation is that knowing how to be specific is a very complex skill, while the advice we often give in textbooks and in class is overly simplistic. Students like Joan need to learn to use specifics, but merely enjoining them