请阅读短文，完成此题。 Itisfrequentlyassumedthatthemechanizationofworkhasarevolutionaryeffectonthelivesofthepeoplewhooperatethenewmachinesandonthesocietyintowhichthemachineshavebeenintroduced.Forexample,ithasbeensuggestedthattheemploymentofwomeninindustrytakethemoutofthe.household,theirtraditionalsphereandfundamentallyaltertheirpositioninsociety.Inthenineteenthcentury,whenwomenbegantoenterfactories,JulesSimon,aFrenchpolitician,warnedthatbydoingso,womenwouldgiveuptheirfemininity.FredrichEngels,however,predictedthatwomenwouldbeliberatedfromthe"social,legal,andeconomicsubordination"ofthefamilybytechnologicaldevelopmentsthatmadepossibletherecruitmentof"thewholefemalesex..,intopublicindustry."Observersthusdifferedconcerningthesocialdesirabilityofmechanization'seffects,butthevagreedthatitwouldtrmsiormwomen'slives. Historians,particularlythnseinvestigatingthehistoryofwomen,nowseriouslyquestionthisassumptionoftransformingpower.Theyconcludethatsuchdramatictechnologicalinnovationsasthespinningjenny,thesewingtnachine,thetypewriter,andthevacuumcleanerhavenotresultedinequallydramaticsocialchangesinwomen'seconomicpositionorintheprevailingevaluationofwomen'swork.TheemploymentofyoungwomenintextilemillsduringtheIndustrialRevolutionwaslargelyandextensionofanolderpatternofemploymentforyoung,singlewomenasdomestics.Itwasnotthechangeinofficetechnology,butrathertheseparationofsecretarialwork,previouslyseenasanapprenticeshipforbeginningmanagers,fromadministrativeworkthatinthe1880'screatedanewclassof"deadend"jobs,thenceforthconsidered"women'swork".Theincreaseinthenumbersofmarriedwomenenployedoutsidethehomeinthetwentiethcentury,hadlesstodowiththemechanizationofhouseworkandanincreaseinleisuretimeforthesewomenthanitdidwiththeirowneconomicnecessityandwithhighmarriageratesthatshranktheavailablepoolofsinglewomenworke,previously,inmanycases,theonlywomenemployerswouldhire. Women'sworkhaschangedconsiderablyinthepast200years,movingfromthehouseholdtotheofiiceorthefactory,andlaterbecomingmostlywhite-collarinsteadofblue-collarwork.Fundamentally,however,theconditionsunderwhichwomenworkhavechangedlittlesincetheIndustrialRevolution:thesegregationofoccupatiousbygender,lowerpayforwomenasagroup,jobsthatrequirerelativelylowlevelsofskillandofferwomenlittleopportunityforadvancementallpersist,whilewomen'shouseholdlabourremainsdemanding.Recenthistoricalinvestigationhasledtoamajorrevisionofthenotionthatlec.hnologyisalwaysinherentlyrevolutionaryinitseffectsonsociety.Mechanizationmayevenhaveslowedanychangeinthetraditionalpositionofwomeubothinthelabourmarketandinthehome. Whatisthemainideaofthefirstparagraph? 查看材料
A.The mechanization of work has a revolutionary eftct. B.The social mechanization would "aftct women's lives. C.The social status of women has changed. D.Observers have different ideas about the effect of social mechanizatiou.正确答案B
