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"The concept of masculinity is becoming more elusive in society as gender roles blur, with more women taking management position

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问题     "The concept of masculinity is becoming more elusive in society as gender roles blur, with more women taking management positions and becoming the major breadwinners for their families," said lead researcher Ekaterina Netchaeva, an assistant professor of management and technology at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. " Even men who support gender equality may see these advances as a threat to their masculinity, whether they consciously acknowledge it or not. " While women are underrepresented in senior management positions in the United States, they are almost on par with men at middle and lower management levels, according to Labor Department statistics. In three experiments, Netchaeva and her co-authors discovered that men feel more threatened when they answer to female bosses.
    In an experiment with 76 college students(52 male, 24 female)at a U. S. university, participants were told they would negotiate their salary at a new job in a computer exercise with a male or female hiring manager. After the negotiation, participants took an implicit threat test where they guessed words that appeared on a computer screen for a fraction of a second. Participants who chose more threat-related words, including "fear" or "risk" , were judged to feel more threatened. Male participants who negotiated with a female manager exhibited more threat and pushed for a higher salary($49,400 average), compared to men negotiating with a male manager($ 42,870 average). The manager’s gender didn’t affect female participants, who negotiated for a lower salary($41,346 average), reflecting a common trend where women tend to be less aggressive than men in negotiations, Netchaeva said.
    In another experiment, 68 male college students had to decide how to split a $ 10,000 bonus with a male or female team member or supervisor. Male participants evenly split the money with male or female team members, but men felt more threatened by a female supervisor and tried to keep more money for themselves than with a male supervisor.
    In a similar experiment conducted online with 370 adult participants(226 male, 144 female)from the United States, men were more receptive to female supervisors who were described as proactive and direct rather than self-promotive and power-seeking. Specifically, male participants tried to keep a larger share of the $ 10,000 bonus if the female manager was described as ambitious or power-seeking. Female participants offered roughly the same bonus amount to proactive or ambitious female managers.
    Self-assertive behavior by men toward female bosses could disrupt the workplace dynamics, stifle team cohesiveness and negatively affect team performance, Netchaeva said. "In an ideal world, men would be concerned by these findings and adjust their behavior accordingly. But if they don’t, where does that leave women?" she said. "Given the strong societal norms surrounding masculinity, it may be difficult for men to recognize or change their behavior. " If men won’t change their actions, then female supervisors may want to appear more proactive and less power-seeking to maintain smooth relationships in the workplace, Netchaeva said.
According to the passage, which of the following is true about women’s current position in workplace and at home?
选项 A、Women begin to take more senior management positions in workplace.
B、Women begin to become the only economic pillar of the whole family.
C、Women begin to give up their family and join in work as managers.
D、Women begin to take many middle and lower management positions.
答案D
解析 信息题。根据题干定位到第一段，定位词为：women和current position。第一段倒数第二句提到“一方面女性在高级管理层中的席位比男性少，另一方面她们在中级或低级管理层所占比例几乎与男性持平”，由此可知[D]选项说法正确，故[D]选项为正确答案。第一段第一句指出“随着更多女性走上管理岗位，且成为家庭中主要养家糊口的角色，社会的性别角色将变得模糊，‘男性气质’这个概念将更难定义”，由此可知，更多的女性走上管理岗位，并未说走上高级管理岗位，且由该段倒数第二句可知高级管理职位中女性比例并不高，故[A]说法错误，排除；更多的女性开始成为主要养家糊口的人，但原文并未说女性是唯一的经济支柱，[B]选项说法过于绝对，故排除；原文并未说女性放弃了家庭而投入到工作中，[C]选项属于无中生有，故排除。
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