I often hear people say that the lack of women in positions of political leadership is an issue that pales next to world crises—

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问题     I often hear people say that the lack of women in positions of political leadership is an issue that pales next to world crises—global terrorism, fragile economies, inadequate health care and troubled schools. They see no connection between the frightening situations we’re in and the fact that few women sit at the table to determine the solutions.
    This fundamental imbalance, with men running the world and women mostly spectators, is not a trivial detail. It is the problem. It is also the one solution we have not tried on and the one most likely to work.
    This is not just me talking. Three decades of research in state legislatures, universities, and international public policy centers have proven beyond doubt that women, children, and men all benefit when women are in leadership. Broader social legislation, benefiting everyone, is more likely to pass if women are in office. We know the power of women as peacemakers in the world from scores of stories about their effectiveness at negotiation, from Ireland to Norway to South Africa and beyond.
    We can ill afford to use only half our talent, when we know for a fact that today’ s complicated challenges demand more than one vision. It’s time for real and permanent power sharing, for real and permanent change—women ruling side by side with men, allowing their voices to rise with different solutions and allowing men to think outside of the masculine box. In this way, we get fresh eyes and fresh solutions from both genders, applied to both old, durable problems and to new, frightening ones.
    This is not a call to move power from the fingers of men and turn it all over to women. Together we can create a different world, shifting the burden from male shoulders and allowing the variety of thought and life experience to transform our actions—perhaps bringing a greater peace, perhaps allowing men to be better fathers, perhaps providing a new pattern for our security.
    It’ s not easy to get there. Those in power rarely let go without a fight, even if they would benefit by doing so. For women to truly gain the leadership roles, we must be insistent and persistent. We must enlist our many male allies. We must let it be known that we are ready to lead, that in fact we demand it as a birthright. If we think creatively, if we use our community resource, if we support women who say they want to lead, if we use our voices and our votes to get there, we will achieve the transformation of power.
How can women get the role of political leadership?

选项 A、Women must take part in national affairs through their own efforts.
B、The government must give some convenient conditions to women.
C、Women must be uncompromising and steady and need men’s support.
D、Men hand the power to women voluntarily for a better future.

答案C

解析 由题干定位到最后一段第三、四句。指出了女性要想真正到达领导地位必须坚持不懈,打持久战,并且要谋取很多男性同盟的支持。因此选C。A,B文中没有提及。该段第一、二句提到,要想让当权的人交出权力不经过一番斗争是不可能的,可见男性不可能主动将权力交给女性。因此D项排除。
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