If gender conflicts continue at their current rate, my partner gloomily observed, men may fade into extinction and women will manage fine without them. What with test-tube babies, cloning, a falling birth-rate, and have-it-all career women prevailing like never before, it seems as if old-fashioned, instinct-driven sexual selection was totally out of fashion. But a study from four British universities suggests it is alive and well, and busy shaping the next generation.
In spite of emancipation, the feminist movement, gender equality, and consistent efforts to avoid gender-stereotyping, men still prefer to marry women who are not too brainy. In the study a high IQ hampered a woman’s chance of getting married, with a 40 percent drop in marital prospects for every 16-point rise. The opposite was true for their male class-mates. Top-earning men were 8 per cent more likely to be married than their low-earning peers.
How interesting that we automatically assume tha
A. gets out-of-date
B. seems prevalent
C. becomes extinct
D. remains active
| "Come," said Father at last. "It is
late. We must go home. You can watch the fire works as we go." "Why do we go so soon " asked Luis. "Everyone is staying." said Father. "But we have work to do." Father led the way through the crowds to the bus. People were still dancing and there was music. Soon they were in the bus and out on the road. Few people were on the road tonight. Everyone on the bus watched the fireworks light the sky. The sound of the music and dancing faded in the distance. Tonight it was not dark on the road. There was a full moon. Pedro and Maria could see the fields around them. At last they reached their little farm high in a village of the Andes Mountains of South America. |
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