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1、英文报刊选读Week12Source:NewsweekWanttoKeepaSecret?TellYourMother.May11,2013byDeborahCohenForcenturies,mothershavebeenthebestkeepersoftheultimatesecrets—thoseskeletonsinthefamilycloset.Women—itisoftensaid—can’tkeeptheirmouthsshut.Theytalkmorethanmenand,accordingtoonestudy,keepasec
2、retonaverageforonly32minutesbeforebreakingtheconfidence.Thesearchforanexplanationbehindfemalechattinesshasevenledtothediscoveryofaproteinthatsupposedlyexplainsvolubility.Mostdamningly,orsoithasbeenbelievedthroughtheages,women’sloosetonguesmakethemunreliableinmattersofstatean
3、ddiplomacythatdemanddiscretion.Butwhenitcomestothemostcommonformofsecret—thefamilysecret—thosestalwartmalesecret-keeperstendtogomissing.Aftereightyearsofresearchingfamilysecrets,I’velearnedthatifyouwanttoburyasecret,tellyourmother.Itiswomenwhoministertotheskeletonsintheclose
4、t.That’stheshadowsideofcare-taking,theinvisiblelaborthathastobehidden.Takethemostcommonfamilysecretofall:illegitimacy.Mostoftenitwastotheirownmothersthatunmarriedandpregnantgirlsconfidedtheirplight.Inpoorerfamilies,illegitimateoffspringwouldfrequentlybeabsorbedintothemother’
5、skinnetwork.Grandmothersand,lessfrequently,auntsposedasmothers.Inmiddle-classfamilieswiththeresourcestohideadaughter’spregnancy,thegirl’smothertookchargeofarranginghergrandchild’sadoption.“LastnightIsleptthroughthewholeofthenight!AthingIhavenotdoneforayearpast,”reportedonegr
6、andmothertotheadoptionagencyafteritplacedher16-month-oldgrandson.Adoption—boththerelinquishmentofchildrenandtheirplacement,ofteninsecretandevenillegally—wasafieldofendeavorthatwomendominated.CeliaWard(apseudonym),thewell-heeledwifeofanexecutiveofEnglishSteel,hatchedaplanin19
7、20totaketheyoungestfemaleinfanttheadoptionsocietyhadavailableandtoproceedtoaconvalescenthometocompletetheruse.“Iintendtodoeverythinginmypowertointroducethechildasmyowntoeveryone(exceptofcoursemyhusband).”LikeWard’shusband,menmayhavebeenconsulted,butmanagingstigmaandshamehasb
8、eenwomen’smetier.Look,forinstance,behindthecloseddoorsoftheNormansfieldInst
