Question

In paragraph 2, the author uses this extreme language: "A few years earlier, an ad like this would have been unthinkable." How does the author's choice of the word unthinkable convey people's attitude toward women in the workplace at the time?
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Answer 1

His word choice conveys people’s attitude towards women in the workforce at the time by showing how they didn’t think it would happen because it seemed so crazy (unthinkable) to them.