The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.
1. But man, woman or otherwise, there is no denying that the quality of our life and character will be significantly shaped by the way we handle our anger.
2. Once the taboos have been broken, women usually experience letting their fists fly as intensely liberating.
3. Though this might seem a stereotype, women—unlike men, who are frequently applauded for unbridled aggression—are often socialized to keep a lid on their ire.
4. Many of them are so at odds with their aggressive feelings that, as a coach, I often have to stop them from pulling their punches and encourage them to extend their arms so their blows might actually reach their fleshy target.
Answer: 3421
The paragraph is about women's suppressed anger and its release through boxing, followed by a general point about handling anger.
- 3 opens: it states the general observation that women, unlike men, are socialised to "keep a lid on their ire".
- 4 follows: "Many of them" refers to those women, and the coach's experience illustrates how uneasy they are with aggression (pulling punches).
- 2 continues: "Once the taboos have been broken" describes what happens after the coach's encouragement in 4, when throwing punches feels liberating.
- 1 concludes: "But man, woman or otherwise" widens the point beyond gender to a universal claim about how we handle anger.
3-4 is a mandatory pair (pronoun "them"), 4-2 follows the sequence from inhibition to release, and 1 has to come last because it generalises.
Hence, the answer is 3421.