comprehension summative 2 2013 gender equality stalled pract 3 14
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COMPREHENSION and SUMMARYPRACTICE 3Name: _____________________________( ) Class: 4()Read the following passage carefully and answer all the questions which follow. WHY GENDER EQU!"#Y $#!!ED123456THISweekisthe50thanniversaryof thepublicationof etty!rie"an#sinternational best seller$ %The !e&inine 'ysti(ue$) which has been wi"elycre"ite" with i*nitin* the wo&en#s &ove&ent of the 1+60s , -ea"ers whoreturn to this fe&inist classic to"ay are often pu..le" by the absence ofconcretepolitical proposals to chan*ethestatus of wo&en, ut %The!e&inine 'ysti(ue) ha" the i&pact it "i" because it focuse" ontransfor&in* wo&en#s personal consciousness , In1+63$ &ost /&ericans"i"not yet believethat *en"er e(ualitywaspossible or even "esirable, 0onventional practice was that a wo&an coul"not pursue a career an" still be a ful1lle" wife or successful &other, 2or&alwo&en$ psychiatrists proclai&e"$ *ave up all aspirations outsi"e the ho&eto&eettheirfe&ininenee"for"epen"ence, Itwasinthisconte3tthat!rie"ansetouttotransfor&theattitu"esof wo&en, /r*uin*that%thepersonal is political$)fe&inists ur*e" wo&en to challen*e the assu&ption$at work an" at ho&e$ that wo&en shoul" always be the ones who &ake theco4ee$ watch over the chil"ren$ pick up after &en an" serve the &eals,5ver the ne3t 30 years this e&phasis on e(uali.in* *en"er roles at ho&eas well as at work pro"uce" a revolutionary transfor&ation in /&ericans#attitu"es, It was not instant, /s lateas 1+66$ two7thir"s of /&ericansbelieve" that it was %&uch better for everyone involve" if the &an is theachieveroutsi"etheho&ean"thewo&antakescareof theho&ean"fa&ily,) y 1++4$ two7thir"s of /&ericans re8ecte" this notion, ut by theearly 2000s$ wo&en#s e&ancipation see&e" to stall , In 2004$ thepercenta*e of /&ericans preferrin* the &ale brea"winner9fe&aleho&e&aker fa&ily &o"el actually rose to 40 percent fro& 34 percent, So&e people be*an to ar*ue that fe&inis& was not about furtherin* thee(ual involve&ent of &en an" wo&en at ho&e an" work but si&ply about*ivin* wo&en the ri*ht to choose between pursuin* a career an" "evotin*the&selves to full7ti&e &otherhoo", / new e&phasis on intensive&otherin*helpe" 8ustify the latter choice,/nti7fe&inists welco&e" this shift as a si*n that &ost /&ericans "i" notwant to push *en"er e(uality too far, /n" fe&inists$ worrie" that they wereseein* a resur*ence of tra"itional *en"er roles an" beliefs$ e&barke" on a510152025306:+1011newroun"of consciousness7raisin*, ookswithtitleslike%The!e&inine'istake) an" %;et to