In middle age, men and women often view life very differently, especially if they are couples who have led traditional lives. By middle age, the husband is often comfortable in his position at work and has given up any dreams of advancing further. He may then become more family-oriented. In contrast, once the children are grown, the wife may find herself free to explore interests and develop abilities she has had no time for in the previous fifteen or twenty years. Unlike her husband, she may be more interested in non-family activities than she was before. Is the paragraph--------? A. comparing? B. contrasting? C. comparing and contrasting?