Linda: Linda was born in the 1960s. Her mother always accompanied her. There was never a day that Linda did not come back home and find her mother waiting for her. Her mother was involved with the parents’ organization at school and was her Girl Scout leader. Though the family was not better-off financially, Linda always wore beautiful dresses. Her mother was an excellent dressmaker. Sophie: Sophie is 31 years old and has worked for a publishing company for several years. A vacancy for a presidential position has just opened. Sophie is one of the five people applying for this position. The other four applicants are all men that have been at the company approximately as long as she has. Sophie has applied for promotions before but she has been passed over each time by male candidates. Sophie feels she has been discriminated against just because she is a female. She feels motherhood is viewed by the company as a negative factor in job promotion. Jenny: Jenny is 34 years old. She is a single mother of two children. Jenny finds herself staying up late so as to do the washing or housecleaning. She also spends many evenings finishing reports that can’t be done at work. Jenny takes her double role as mother and employee seriously. She does the housework on her own, and hates to burden her secretary with extra work. Therefore she does a lot of it by herself. She feels that she must do everything to everybody she comes in contact with. Monica: Jenny’ s friend Monica is 29 years old. She raises three children alone. She has limited her volunteering on committees. The one activity that she does get involved in is the annual Book Sale at school. Her children help do the housework at home. She has created a rotation system in order that they can all learn how to wash, clean and cook. Cindy: Cindy married when she was 23 years old. Cindy met her husband at a pub. He was much older than her, about 40 years old. Cindy was anxious to get married. She had been dating continuously but never seriously. They never really fought but a silence ran through their marriage. Her children made Cindy come to life. Her husband was content to sit at home, watching TV. The marriage seemed to just extinguish itself. Now match each of the people (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. Statements A She likes doing everything on her own. B Her marriage life is far from satisfaction. C It’s never too old to learn from her. D Her marriage life is far from satisfaction. E She feels she suffers from the sex discrimination. F She believes that her children should help her with the housework. G She had an excellent mother. Cindy