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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Theendlessdebateabout“work—lifebalance”oftencontainsahopefulfootnoteaboutstayathomedads.IfAmericansocietyandbusinesswon’tmakeiteasieronfuturefemaleleaderswhochoosetohavechildren,thereisstilltherayofhopethatincreasingnumbersoffull—timefatherswill.Butbasedontoday’ssocioeconomictrends,thishopeis,unfortunately,misguided.
It’struethatthenumberofmenwhohaveleftworktodotheirthingasfull—timeparentshasdoubledinadecade,butit’sstillverysmall:only0.8%ofmarriedcoupleswherethestay—at—hornefatherwasoutofthelaborforceforayear.Eventhatpercentageislikelyinflatedbymenthrustintotheircaretakerrolebyadownsizing.Thisissimplynotalargeenoughgrouptoreducethesocialstigma(污名)andforceotheradjustmentsnecessarytosupportingmeninthisdecision.evenifonlyworkmorethantheirfamily.
Evenshortertimesawayfromworkforworkingfathersarealreadydifficult.Astudyfoundthat85%ofnewfatherstakesometimeoffafterthebirthofachild—butforallbutafew.it’saweekortwoatmost.Meanwhile,theaverageforwomenwhotakeleaveismorethanloweeks.
Suchchoicesimpactwhomovesupintheorganization.Whileyou’reaway,someoneelseisdoingyourwork,makingyoursales,takingcareofyourcustomers.Thatcan’thelpyouatwork.Itcanonlyhurtyou.Women,ofcourse,facethesameissuesofreturningafteralongabsence.Butwithmanymorewomenthanmenchoosingtoleavetheworkforceentirelytoraisefamilies,returningfromanextendedparentalleavedoesn’traiseasmanyeyebrowsasitdoesformen.
Womenwouldmakemoreiftheydidn’tbreaktheirearningtrajectory(轨迹)byleavingtheworkforce,orifhigher-payingprofessionsweremorefamilyfriendly.Intheforeseeablefuture,Stayathomefathersmaymakeallthedifferenceforindividualfamilies.buttheirpresencewon’treducethenumbersofhighpotentialwomenwhoareforcedtochoosebetweenfamilyandcareer.
Whatgiveswomenarayofhopetoachieveworklifebalance? A.Morementakinganextendedparentalleave.
B.People’schangingattitudestowardsfamily.
C.Morewomenenteringbusinessmanagement.
D.Theimprovementoftheirsocioeconomicstatus.
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