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资料题:The author implies that(  )。

发布时间:2020-12-14

A.society is not ready for men' segalitarian attitude toward family and parenthood

B.men do not mean it when they say families are important to them

C.men's new attitude toward family and parenthood is not well received by women

D.women should be thankful to men' s change of heart in their commitment to family andparenthood

参考资料

Today men are facing new expectations and new choices about their commitments to society,family, and work. No longer certain what goals they should pursue, much less how they should pursue then, many men have found themselves in a no man's land, searching for new meanings and definitions of maturity. In interviews I conducted with 138 men from diverse social and economic background, 36 percent defined their family and work commitments in terms of primary bread winning, and 30 percent chose to eschew(避开)parenthood or to avoid involvement with children they had brought into the word.However, about 33 percent had moved toward more rather than less family involvement over the course of their lives. These men develop an outlook on parenthood that included care-taking as well as economic support. They represent a growing group of fathers, most of whom are married to work-committed women and have an egalitarian(平等主义的)approach toward marriage and family commitments, who are changing diapers, pushing strollers, cuddling their children, and generally sharing in the pleasures and burdens of child rearing. Such men, whom I call "involved fathers," are demonstrating a capacity, a willingness, and an enthusiasm for parenting not seen in their fathers' and grandfathers' generations.An involved father, however, is not necessarily an equal father. Though men 's domestic participation has increased in recent years, his involvement has not kept in pace with women' s rapidly rising commitment to paid employment. A persistent "housework gap" has left most women with more works and less leisure time than their male counterparts. According to some estimates, when the time spent performing paid work, housework, and child care is added together,men work an average of 88 fewer hours a year than do women.It may be tempting to focus on the fact that, even among men who support equality, theirinvolvement 88 fathers remains a fer distance from what most women want and most children need. Yet it is also important to acknowledge how far and how fast many men have moved toward a pattern that not long ago virtually all men considered anathema(受诅咒的对象) .One recent survey found that 73 percent of a group of randomly selected fathers agreed strongly that “their families are the most important facet of their lives”; 87 percent agreed that“dad is as vital as mom in raising kids.”The challenge is to create the social and cultural arrangements that wouldenable men to uphold these beliefs more easily.

试卷相关题目

  • 1The word" anathema" (para4) most probably means(  )。

    A.something that men are proud of

    B.something that people dislike

    C.something that requires great skill and ability

    D.something that brings people joy and happiness

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  • 2An involved father is not necessarily an equal father because(  )。

    A.he does not havean egalitarian approach to marriage and family commitments

    B.he spends more time doing housework than paid work

    C.he will be forced to have more commitments to family and parenthood

    D.he has less commitment to family and parenthood than his wife

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  • 3What does the author mean by“involved fathers”(para2)(  )。

    A.Men who follow in their fathers ' and grandfathers ' footsteps

    B.Men who are willing to carry through family commitments

    C.Men who are eager to provide for their families economic support

    D.Men who are deeply involved in their careers

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  • 4The author points out in he first paragraph that(  )。

    A.men are facing serious challenges from women

    B.men are very proud of their roles 88 breadwinners

    C.men can be good parents if they want to

    D.men are asloss as to what roles hey should play

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