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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材46 WhatChangesHasFeminismBroughttoGirlsandBoys? ArevolutioninthewayAmericansocietyregardsandtreatsthetwosexeshasbeenaccomplishedinremarkablyshortperiodoftime.Veryoften,thisisviewedasvictoryforfeminism,inthatmorecareeroptionshaveope
2、nedtowomen,andwomenareincreasinglyrepresentedinallsegmentsofsociety.Buthasthisvicoryproducedthepredictedincreasedhappinessforwomen?Aquickviewofthemassive"pro-choice"abortionadvocatesassembledinWashingtonD.C.lastweekendrevealedveryfewsmiles,andmuchrage.
3、Today,I'lllookatthechangeswroughtinourviewofthetwosexes. My21-year-old-college-seniorsonwastellingusaboutagirlhehadjustbeenset-upwith.Theyhadagoodtimetogetherataparty,soheaskedherifshewouldbeinterestedingoingoutonanotherdate.Shetoldhim,"Iwouldn'tminds
4、tudyingwithyou,butIreallydon'thavetimeforalotofdatingoraboyfriend."Hiscommentwas,"What'swithalloftheseambitiousgirls?" Our9th-gradesonattendsaCaliforniapublichighschoolwheretheratioofboystogirlsisroughly50/50.Thelatesteditionofhisschool'sparent'sclubn
5、ewsletterhonorsthestudentswhoareachieversinvariouscategoriesofacademicactivity.Ofthefirstplacefinishersintheregionalsciencefair,9outof11arefemale.ThewinneroftheRotaryClubandLions'ClubSpeechContestarementioned,bothfemale. MydaughterisasophomoreataCalif
6、orniauniversity,andisspendingthesummerinEuropeasaninternintheUSembassytothehostcountry;she'llbedoingthisaftershespendsanacademicsemesterinGreeceenrolledinaclassicsprogram.Heruniversity's37,000-studentbodyis55%female.Youdon'thavetobemuchover30toremember
7、whenlife-guardingwaspredominantlyamaledomain;nowitseemspredominantlyfemale. Indeed,whatisitwithalloftheseambitiousandhigh-achievinggirls..andwhathashappenedtotheboysandtheirambitions?Aretheyontheirskateboardsinsteadofontheirschoolbooks? Theseobservat
8、ionsofcoursedonotconstituteascientificstudybutitseemslikesomethingisgoingonhere.AcompanybasedinFloridamarketsT-shirtsandnotebooksthatsay:Boysarestupid.Throwrocksatthem;Girlsrule,boysdrool;Boysaresmelly;Boysareuseless,dumpthem. Doyouthi
