A）adopted B）require C）domestic D）detention E）dogma F）employed G）physically H）reactions I）alien J）household K）rebellions L）psychological M）separately N）vigilant O）competitive
Sex prejudices are based on the ideology that biology is destiny. Although somewhat outdated, this 11）____ ___ is still held by some people as true and dominates certain cultures. These people believe that basic biological and 12）____ ____ differences do exist between the sexes, and that these differences 13）___ ____ that each sex plays respective roles in social life. Women are the weaker sex – both 14）___ ____ and emotionally. Thus, they are suited to the performance of 15）___ ___ duties. A woman’s place, under normal circumstances, is within the protective environment of the home instead of the 16）____ ___ world outside. Nature has determined that women play care-taker roles, such as wife, mother and homemaker. On the other hand, men are best suited to go out into the 17）____ ____ world of work and politics, where serious responsibilities in communities must be taken on. Men are to be the providers; women and children are “dependents”. Any 18）___ _____ to such rules are often silenced.
The ideology also holds that women who wish to work outside the 19）____ ___ should naturally fill the jobs that are in line with the special capabilities of their sex. It is thus appropriate for women, not men, to be 20）____ ____ as nurses, social workers, elementary school teachers, household helpers, and clerks and secretaries. These positions are simply an extension of women’s role in the home.
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