In the past, women tended to assume that they would be overtaken
by men in the race to the top. And, today’s young women are far less 62. ______.
philosophical about their status and are more aggressive in their 63. ______.
resentment in being treated as in some way inferior than men. On the 64. ______.
other hand, since lack of drive is one of the criticisms leveled with 65. ______.
women, perhaps this aggression is a positive advantage. Some young
women, though, find it very difficult to come to term with the feeling that 66. ______.
characteristics of authority which are acceptable in men are often not
acceptable in women. A reason often advanced for women fail to reach the 67. ______.
top is their desire for balance between work and a life outside work.
Employers know this and tend, when a woman with young children
applies for promotion, treat the fact that she has young children as an 68. ______.
important factor and, giving the choice, are more likely to give promotion 69. ______.
to. a man than to her.
What about women whose children are almost grown up Well, the
writers of the study recommend a far much more positive approach to 70. ______.
women who want to return to their careers before their children are off 71. ______.
their hands.