ACCORDING TOA 2005 REPORT FROMSTATISTICS CANADA, MEN SPENT 2.5A BHO...

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According to

a 2005 report from

Statistics Canada, men spent 2.5

A

B

hours

a day

on unpaid work around the house,

as soon as

women

C

D

(while)

averaged 4.3 hours.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

A trend in women's change in attitude to work and home life roles has launched because more and

more women begin to feel the stress and exhaustion when they play multiple roles.

The image for women of the 1950s was the domesticated housewife and mother who cooked,

cleaned, and sewed. The vogue woman of today is proud while possessing the role as career woman and

mother, wife, and domestic organizer. Yet, the main thing that has really changed for the modern woman

is the fact that her workload has doubled from the duality of her role. The effects of this duality are

being felt through stress, and unfairness.

A recent study has shown that that 68% of women see a conflict between working and raising a

family. It is no wonder since large amounts of stress stem from a woman's professional career in

collaboration with her role as housekeeper and mother. A study in 1997 by the

Canadian Review of

Sociology and Anthropology

found said, "Stress appears to be strongly related to being employed outside

found said, "Stress appears to be strongly related to being employed outside the home and is more

strongly felt by women working more hours, especially those working full-time." The 2001 U.S. Current

Population Survey found that many women wish to have fewer office hours. More and more women

want to cut work hours because they find it difficult to take care of household responsibilities while

maintaining a career.

The Female Lifestyle Survey of Great Britain

2004 found that 86% of full time

working women did most of the housework and 77% did most of the child rearing, which; has made

them quite exhausted.