Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. In preindustrial times, men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community. Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and families to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today, and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.
It was not only women whose work status suffered. As employment became the dominant form of work, young people and old people were excludeda problem now, as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.
All this may now have to change.
The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the idealist goal creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A) Employment became widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries.
B) Unemployment will remain a major problem for industrialized nations.
C) The industrial age may now be coming to an end.
D) Some efforts and resources should be devoted to helping more people cope with the problem of unemployment.
2.Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to the spread of employment?
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