OnceIcomplainedtomyhusbandthathewasn'thelpingenoughwithourdaughter，andIgavehimalonglistoftheparentingchores（家庭杂务）Iwasshoulderingonmyown．"Butyoulikedoingallthatstuff，"hesaid．Ithought
OnceIcomplainedtomyhusbandthathewasn'thelpingenoughwithourdaughter，andIgavehimalonglistoftheparentingchores（家庭杂务）Iwasshoulderingonmyown．"Butyoulikedoingallthatstuff，"hesaid．Ithoughtaboutthatwhilereadinganewstudyabouttheresponsibilitiesofparenting．Researchersasked191collegeprofessors，bothmenandwomen，whohadchildren2oryounger，thepleasuretheyexperiencedfromchildcare．
On16outof25childcaretasks-liketakingachildtothedoctororbuyingclothesforachild-womenreportedstatisticallyhigherlevelsofenjoymentthanmen．Theonlyparentingissuethatgavewomenlesspleasurethanitgavemenwashavingtomanagewhodoeswhatforthechild．Onthewhole，women'sscoreswere10percenthigherthanmen's．
Womenarealsofarmorelikelytotakeadvantageoffamily-leavebenefitstocareforchildren．Inthestudy，alltheuniversitiesofferedpaidfamilyleave，and69percentofthewomentookit，whileonly12percentofthemendid．InSweden，wherefamilyleaveforbothparentsisparticularlygenerous，menuseabout20percentofthe480-daybenefit．Womenusenearlyallofit．
It'sdifficulttoknowhowculturalandeconomicpressuresorbiologicalfunctionsinfluenceparenting．Plentyofmenchangediapers（尿布），andstudiesshowthatmothersandfathersalikespendmoretimewithchildrenthantheyusedto．Menhavemorethandoubledthetimetheyspendonchildcaresince1985．Yetwomenstillspendtwiceasmuchtimewiththekidsasmen，saystheUniversityofMarylandsociologistJohnRobinson．
Notablyinthestudy，theparentingactivitythatgavementhemostpleasure（andwomen，too）wasplayingandtalkingwiththeirkids．Butwhenmenwereaskedtoratehowoftentheyactuallydidthosethings，theirscoreswereabout10and40percentlowerthanwomen's．Intheend，perhapstheissueisnotthatmothersaredoingtoomanychildcaretasks-myhusbandwasrightwhenhesaidIlikedbeingamother-butthatmen，foralltheirprogressasfathers，arestillmissingout．
42．Theauthormentionedthedisagreementwithherhusbandto___．
A．complainabouthishusband'sirresponsibility
B．showthedifferencebetweenmenandwomen
C．bringupthetopicofresponsibilityofparenting