首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time, a historic reversal caused by long-term changes
Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time, a historic reversal caused by long-term changes
admin
2017-11-17
37
问题
Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time, a historic reversal caused by long-term changes in women’s roles and massive job losses for men during this recession.
Women held 49.83% of the nation’s 132 million jobs in June and they’re gaining the vast majority of jobs in the few sectors of the economy that are growing, according to the most recent numbers available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s a record high for a measure that’s been growing steadily for decades and accelerating during the recession. At the current pace, women will become a majority of workers in October or November.
"Women have struggled long and hard to get to this point," says labor economist Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
The change reflects the growing importance of women as wage earners, but it doesn’t show full equality, Hartmann says. On average, women work fewer hours than men, hold more part-time jobs and earn 77% of what men make, she says. Men also still dominate higher-paying executive ranks.
Women have been a growing share of the once heavily male labor force for nearly a century, recording big bumps during epoch-making events such as World War n. This time, the boost came from a severe recession that has been brutal on male-dominated professions such as construction and manufacturing.
The only parts of the economy still growing—health care, education and government—have traditionally hired mostly women. That dominance has increased in part because federal stimulus funding directed money to education, health care and state and local governments.
The gender transformation is especially remarkable in local government’s 14.6 million-person workforce. Cities, schools, water authorities and other local legal power have cut 86,000 men from payrolls during the recession—while adding 167,000 women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Equality in workforce numbers reflects a long-term cultural change, says Maureen Honey, author of Creating Rosie the Riveter, a book about the government’s campaign to persuade women to work outside the home during World War II. "The image that the man has to be the breadwinner has changed," Honey says.
What happens to the workforce during this recession?
选项
A、Women take the most jobs in the economy.
B、Women outnumber men in few sectors.
C、Men become substantially unemployed.
D、Men make up the most profitable sectors.
答案
C
解析
第1段最后一句中的massive job losses for men表明在经济衰退期间,大量男性失业,C是对此内容的近义改写,为本题答案。B最具干扰性,其中的few sectors和第2段the few sectors看起来非常相似,但所指并不相同,B意为“女性就业人数只在少数领域超过男性”,而第2段第1句意为“女性就业人数在几个经济处于增长状态的领域超过男性”,few sectors前有没有定冠词the,对其范畴的影响很大,因此,B不正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/cLa7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Itwasacustomtodoso.B、Therewasfluinthecity.C、Thepollutionwasserious.D、Wearingamaskwaspopular.C女士说这个城市的空气质
TeachersandparentsnormallycallattentiontothepictureswhentheyreadstorybookstopreschoolchildrenButastudysuggest
A、Theirsettingswereinthe19thcentury.B、Theywerestoriesaboutinequality.C、Theysettledhistoricalproblems.D、Theywere
Teenageboys,regardlessofrace,aremorelikelytodiefromgunshotwoundsthanfromallnaturalcausescombined.Bythet
FederalExpressisacompanythatspecializesinrapidovernightdeliveryofhigh-prioritypackages.Thefirstcompanyofitsty
Pub-talkA)Pub-talk,themostpopularactivityinallpubs,isanativedialectwithitsowndistinctivegrammar.Thereare
AstrologyA)Astrologyisthestudyofhowthesun,themoon,planets,andstarsaresupposedlyrelatedtolifeandeventso
A、Listentosomequietmusic.B、Getoutofbedtillbeingsleepyagain.C、Trytorelaxourmind.D、Readsomeinterestingarticle
Infact,evenwithouthumans,theEarth’sclimatechanges.Someclimatechangeis【C1】______.But,asgreenhousegasesareadded
Signhasbecomeascientifichotbutton.Onlyinthepast20yearshavespecialistsinlanguagestudyrealizedthatsignedlangu
随机试题
患者,男,41岁。反复发热、乏力1个月。因口腔和鼻出血、尿血、便血急诊入院。血细胞检查:红细胞:3.1×1012/L、血红蛋白:91g/L、白细胞:2.2×109/L、血小板:14×109/L。血涂片白细胞分类:异常细胞79%,中性粒细胞13%,淋巴细胞8
脘腹胀痛,嗳腐吞酸,恶食呕恶,痛而欲泻,泻后痛减,或大便秘结,宜用
毛细血管壁增厚呈双轨状或分层状见于
工程发生重大坍塌事故,监理工程师需立即采取的措施有( )。
以无序、随意、放纵为特征的师生关系模式属于()。
伴随着全球能源与环境以及气候变化的问题日益突出.空间太阳能重新引起美国等国家的兴趣。从长期来看,空间太阳能能够使人类减少对有限的化石能的依赖,也是替代核能大规模扩散使用的一种途径。另一方面,空间太阳能将带来空间利用和探索的新时代。如果成功开发利用.将可能改
从1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9中任意选出三个数,使它们的和为奇数,共有()种不同的选法。
设f(x)=则在点x=1处
阅读下列说明,回答问题1至问题3,将解答填入答题纸的对应栏内。【说明】A公司承接了一个为某政府客户开发ERP软件的项目,任命小张担任项目经理。由于该客户与A公司每年有上千万元的项目合作,A公司管理层对该客户非常重视,并一再嘱咐小张要保证
A)Withhisdrywitandimpeccable(无瑕疵的)style,JamesBondhasbeendefyingdeathandruiningtheplansofevilmadmeninservi
最新回复
(
0
)