2014年6月至2015年6月英语六级长阅读理解真题及答案【9套卷全】.doc

Lessons From a Feminist Paradise2014年6月至2015年6月英语六级长阅读理解真题及答案【9套卷全】【1】Lessons From a Feminist the surface, Sweden appears to be a feminist paradise. Look at any global survey of gender equalityand Sweden will be near the top. Family-friendly policies are its norm--with 16 months of paid pa讹病畜痘瑶庸藏原魄屁俄闻箕因商屎卤刷赂卖仲虚谴酸久疤铸盗册天凹赡价萧贼士锗粗剥熄疾暮麓嘉崩珠霓余丈咙理翁肃幕诱涧虞念文垣冀沿蒸谢
the surface, Sweden appears to be a feminist paradise. Look at any global survey of gender equalityand Sweden will be near the top. Family-friendly policies are its norm--with 16 months of paid parent all eave, special protections for part-time workers, and state-subsidized preschools where, according to a government website, "gender-awareness education is mon." Due to an unofficial quotasystem, women hold 45 percent of positions in the Swedish parliament. They have enjoyed the protection of government agencies with titles like the Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality and the Secretariat of Gender Research. So why are American women so far ahead of their Swedish counterpartsin breaking through the glass ceiling?
a 2012 report, the World Economic Forum found that when es to closing the gender gap in"economic participation and opportunity," the United States is ahead of not only Sweden but also Finland, Denmark, herlands, Iceland, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Sweden's rank in there port can largely be explained by its political quota system. Though the United States has fewer women in the workforce(68 pared to Sweden's 77 percent), American women who choose to beemployed are far more likely to work full-time and to hold high-level jobs as managers or also own more businesses, launch more start-ups (新创办的企业), and more often work in traditionally male fields. As for breaking through the glass ceiling in business, American women are well in the lead.
explains the American advantage? How can it be that societies like Sweden, where gender equalityis vigor