Unit 46 What Changes Has Feminism Brought to Girls and Boys? A revolution in the way American society regards and treats the two sexes has been accomplished in remarkably short period of time. Very often, this is viewed as victory for feminism, in that more career options have opened to women ,and women are increasingly represented in all segments of society. But has this vicory produced the predicted increased happiness for women? A quick view of the massive "pro-choice" abortion advocates assembled in Washington D.C. last weekend revealed very few smiles, and much rage. Today, I'll look at the changes wrought in our view of the two sexes. My 21-year-old-college-senior son was telling us about a girl he had just been set-up with. They had a good time together at a party, so he asked her if she would be interested in going out on another date. She told him, "I wouldn't mind studying with you, but I really don't have time for a lot of dating or a boy friend." His comment was, "What's with all of these ambitious girls?" Our 9th-grade son attends a California public high school where the ratio of boys to girls is roughly 50/50. The latest edition of his school's parent's club newsletter honors the students who are achievers in various categories of academic activity. Of the first place finishers in the regional science fair, 9 out of 11 are female. The winner of the Rotary Club and Lions' Club Speech Contest are mentioned, both female. My daughter is a sophomore at a California university, and is spending the summer in Europe as an intern in the US embassy to the host country; she'll be doing this after she spends an academic semester in Greece enrolled in a classics program. Her university's 37,000-student body is 55% female. You don't have to be much over 30 to remember when life-guarding was predominantly a male domain; now it seems predominantly female. Indeed, what is it with all of these ambitious and high-achieving girls.. and what has happened to the boys and their ambitions? Are they on their skateboards instead of on their schoolbooks? These observations of course do not constitute a scientific study but it seems like something is going on here. A company based in Florida markets T-shirts and notebooks that say: Boys are stupid. Throw rocks at them; Girls rule, boys drool; Boys are smelly; Boys are useless, dump them. Do you think that this might be having an effect? Do you think a lot of this might discourage boys? It used to be that boys could find refuge from this kind of nonsense in such organizations as the Boy Scouts. Unfortunately, the Scouts are under attack throughout the country, and public facilities, United Way contributions, and other resources are being denied to them, while some parents are less favorable toward the idea of their sons participating in Scouting.
雅思听力备考的11个秘诀(上)
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不变应万变 揭密雅思听力三种套路
雅思听力技巧:怎样读题
雅思听力考试的13条重要tips
雅思冷门听力 动物学场景考察特点
雅思听力考试的最终目的是什么?
雅思听力中的经典小词整理(2)
雅思听力技巧:观点题如何拿高分
雅思听力号码考点的应对策略
雅思阅读考试的小建议(英)
雅思听力提高方法谈:增强语感最重要
提高雅思听力从听教学听力录音入手
雅思听力真题词汇整理
浅谈雅思听力练习材料的选择
雅思听力水平与口语能力可以共同提高
雅思听力summary与sentence completion应对技巧
实例讲解雅思听力单选题做题技巧
雅思听力训练:魔鬼训练法
雅思听力难度增加 立体训练法沉着应对
从VOA慢速英语入手突破雅思听力
雅思听力技巧:把握五大技巧
丁慧:雅思听力地图题“三步解决”
雅思听力审题技巧
雅思听力考试的六个小贴士
雅思听力考试需抓住宝贵的读题时间
真正有效地提高雅思听力水平的方法
雅思听力:如何养成良好的听力习惯
雅思听力 常出现的英美地名盘点
攻破雅思听力考试需实力与技巧相结合
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