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We are bombarded by stories about the struggles of working mothers (as opposed to non-working mothers, I suppose). Meanwhile, a high 1.______ (比例) of media stories about fathers focus on 2._______(爱骂人的;滥用的) husbands or deadbeat dads. It seems that the only time fathers 3. _______ (值得)attention is when they are 4.______(批评) for not helping enough with the housework (a claim that I find dubious anyway, because the definition of “housework” rarely includes cleaning the gutters, changing the oil in the car or other jobs 5. _______ (典型地)done by men) or when they die. When Mr. Blankenhorn 6.______(调查) fathers about the meaning of the term “good family man,” many responded that it was a phrase they only heard at 7.________(葬礼). B. The very language we use to discuss men’s roles (i.e., deadbeat dads) shows a lack of 8. ________ (欣赏;感激)for the majority of men who quietly yet proudly fulfill their family responsibilities. We almost never hear the term “working father,” and it is rare that calls for more workplace 9._______ (灵活性)are considered to be for men as much as for women. Our society acts as if family obligations are not as important to fathers as they are to mothers — as if career 10. _________ (满足,满意)is what a man’s life is all about.