Women are a force for change in Australian society. The pride of place given to men as alm

ost the sole shapers of Australian history is being challenged.

Today husbands more often than no share household chores, and more 79. ______

men are finding women alongside them in the workplace. It may be some

time before there is a woman prime minister of Australia, but the need

of women at the top--and their to be there--is now widely recognized. 80. ______

The growing role of men in the Australian work force is a cause and 81. ______

consequence of change attitudes and lifestyles in Australian society. 82. ______

In offices, laboratories and factories, in social and political

organizations, women are making their presence feel. There are almost no 83. ______

remaining legal barriers against women in Australia in jobs, commercial

contracts, politics and social life. The barriers that mainly stem from modem 84. ______

attitudes built into society. They are not easily changed by new laws.

Women have brought out the most significant change in the Australian 85. ______

work force simply by entering it in thousands, and by seeking jobs which

before were assumed to be suitable with men only. There are now women in 86. ______

Australia drive buses, taxis, racing cars and 50-ton trucks. They are 87. ______

racehorse jockeys (职业赛马骑手). They are apprentice electricians and

mechanics. They are air-traffic controllers. They shear sheep and worked as 88. ______

laborers. They are judges members of parliament.

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