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Women make up only 14 percent of full professors in U. S. economics departments. In stark contrast to other social sciences wher

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问题        Women make up only 14 percent of full professors in U. S. economics departments. In stark contrast to other social sciences where women typically receive over 60 percent of doctoral degrees, women in economics receive only 35 percent of doctorates.
       Women have made significant progress in certain STEM （science, technology, engineering and mathematics） fields traditionally dominated by men. But economics is not one of them. Startlingly, evidence suggests little progress in bringing women into economics since 2000.
       Those advocating for gender equality presume that women economists need to be included when research is being conducted and when policy is being debated because they bring a different perspective than men. Women economists, for example, are more likely to favor government intervention over market solutions. Male economists not only show a greater willingness to rely on markets, they are more likely to see problems from interfering with them.
       If men are the majority of full professors, younger female academics may find it harder to have their research seen as valuable. If men are the majority of editors of economics journals, it is not difficult to understand why it takes women six months longer to go through the review process for publishing in some of the top economics journals. Of course, even acknowledging the barriers to women’s progress in economics, some may be convinced that the arc of history will eventually bring more women into the discipline, along with younger male economists more open to diversity.  Unfortunately, there is growing reason to question that assumption. As Alice Wu’s analysis of the Economics Job Market Rumors forum demonstrates, some of the biases that have contributed to the gender imbalance appear alive and well among those entering the profession.
       The governing board of the American Economic Association, at its January meeting, responded to the issues raised by the job forum. But leaders in the profession and economists throughout the world must begin to reflect upon the many factors that have produced the gender imbalance and how to address them constructively. The profession must understand that the lack of gender parity in economics is a systemic problem that will not fix itself.
What will happen to the gender imbalance according to the author?
选项 A、It will remain in the profession for a long time.
B、It will disappear from the profession in no time.
C、The profession will allow more women to enter the field.
D、The profession will help women get the respect they deserve.
答案A
解析 推理判断题。由定位句之前的两句可知,作者先提出一些人的观点（历史的方舟最终会将更多的女性带人这一学科，而更年轻的男性经济学家也会对多样性更加开放）,接着对其进行质疑,并在定位句中借用爱丽丝·吴的分析提出自己真正的观点:导致性别不均的一些偏见在进入该行业的人中依然盛行。由此可见，性别不均的情况将在这个行业中长期存在,故答案为A。
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