摘要
Leap year marriage proposals—where, by custom, women are granted the once-in-four-years privilege of proposing to their beaus 3—hold the promise of giving women real power in their relationships, but ultimately, they actually undermine 4 women and reinforce long-standing stereotypes 5 about traditional roles, a new paper concludes. And after examining a century’s worth of evidence of societal 6 views of women who propose marriage, the research
Leap year marrage proposals -- where, by custom, women are granted the once-in-four-years privilege of proposing to their beaus3 -- hold the promise of giving women real power in their relationships, but ultimately, they actually undermine4 women and reinforce long-standing stereotypes5 about traditional roles, a new paper concludes.
出处
《大学英语》
2012年第12期39-40,共2页
College English