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Verb tenses

I need help with my verb tenses. How do can I avoid shifting tenses?

Furthermore, Simon Beauvoir, a prominent feminist theorist, believed women are not entirely different from males. Gothlin discussed in her article that Beauvoir mentioned women are viewed as different by males because they do not understand female sexuality and psychology
  

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The verb choices below are all acceptable (though your choice must be consistent within the subordinate clauses): Furthermore, Simon Beauvoir, a prominent feminist theorist, believed that women were/are not entirely different from males . Beauvoir stated ( vide Gothlin's article) that women were/are viewed as different by males because they did/do not understand female sexuality and psychology.

  • The verb choices below are all acceptable (though your choice must be consistent within the subordinate clauses): Furthermore, Simon Beauvoir, a prominent feminist theorist, believed that women were/are not entirely different from males .
  • Beauvoir stated ( vide Gothlin's article) that women were/are viewed as different by males because they did/do not understand female sexuality and psychology.
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The verb choices below are all acceptable (though your choice must be consistent within the subordinate clauses):

Furthermore, Simon Beauvoir, a prominent feminist theorist, believed that women were/are not entirely different from males. Beauvoir stated (vide Gothlin's article) that women were/are viewed as different by males because they did/d

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