Question 28: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
"Women’s Rights, rights that establish the same social, economic, and political (1)…. for women as for men. Women’s rights guarantee that women will not face (2)… on the basis of their sex. Until the second half of the 20th century, women in most societies were denied some of the legal and political rights accorded (3)… men. Although women in much of the world have achieved significant legal rights, many people believe that women still don’t have (4)….. political, economic, and social equality with men. while much of the history of Western civilization, (5) ….. cultural beliefs allowed women only limited roles in society. Many people believe that women’s natural roles were as mothers and wives. These people (6)….. women to be better suited (7)…… childbearing and homemaking rather than for involvement (8)….. the public life of business or politics. Widespread belief that women were intellectually inferior to men led most societies to (9)….. women’s education to learning domestic (10)…. . Well-educated, upper-class men controlled most positions of employment and power in society."
8. rather than for involvement (8)….. the public life of business or politics.
in the public: in the community
ANSWER C
Translation: instead of participating in the public life of business or politics.
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