单项选择题

Popular wisdom has traditionally held that all "normal" women want to marry and have children and that whatever other interests they might pursue are secondary to these family roles. Women who do not want to marry or mothers who do not enjoy being with their children are thought to be unusual or strange. To fill the traditional homemaker role, females have been expected, to develop a capacity for warmth, compassion, sensitivity, and caring. The traditional role of wife and mother has also carried with it a dependency on men, especially on the husband. Society still considers it perfectly reasonable for a woman to depend entirely on her husband for economic support.
The traditional woman"s role had a number of benefits. For one thing, in an era of job scarcity, women were not usually obliged to earn a living for their families. In other words, society does not place as much pressure on women to achieve as it does on men. Although a woman may strive to reach the top of her profession, there is less shame for her in failure or in having only moderate success than there is for a man. Finally the female role allows women more emotional freedom than men. Women are permitted to express their doubts and vulnerability (脆弱); and they have more outlets for their tension and anxiety; and they have fewer inhibitions about seeking intimacy with others.
But the traditional female role also has its costs. It has denied women full autonomy in most spheres of American life. The dependency taught to girls in childhood often leads to passivity and timidness in later life. In addition, the female role is associated with a higher incidence of certain kinds of emotional problems, such as depression. Perhaps this is partly because the isolation of homemakers have much opportunity for brooding——especially when the children have grown up and left home. From a traditional point of view, a woman should ______ .