Questions are based on the following passage. Women are on the verge of outnumbering men

Questions are based on the following passage.

Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time， a his-toric reversal caused by long-term changes in women"s roles and massive job losses formen during this recession.

Women held 49.83% of the nation"s 132 million jobs in June and they"re gaining thevast majority of jobs in the few sectors of the economy that are growing， according to themost recent numbers available from the Bureau of Labour Statistics.

That"s a record high for a measure that"s been growing steadily for decades and acceler-ating during the recession. At the current pace， women will become a majority of workersin October or November.

"It was a long historical slog （沉重缓慢的前进） to get to this point，" says labour econo-mist Heidi Hartmann， president of the Institute for Women"s Policy Research.

The change reflects the growing importance of women as wage earners， but it doesn"tshow full equality， Hartmann says. On average， women work fewer hours than men， holdmore part-time jobs and earn 77% of what men make， she says. Men also still dominatehigher-paying executive ranks.

Women have been a growing share of the once heavily male labour force for nearly acentury， recording big bumps during epochal （划时代的） events such as the Depressionand World War II. This time， the boost came from a severe recession that has been brutal （无情的） on male-dominated professions such as construction and manufacturing.

The only parts of the economy still growing —— health care， education and government—— have traditionally hired mostly women. That dominance has increased in part becausefederal stimulus funding directed money to education， health care and state and localgovernments.

The gender transformation is especially remarkable in local government"s 14.6 million-person workforce. Cities， schools， water authorities and other local legal power have cut86，000 men from payrolls during the recession —— while adding 167，000 women， accordingto the Bureau of Labour Statistics.

"Unemployment among men isn"t going to last forever，" says University of Chicagoeconomist Casey Mulligan. "People will move from construction and manufacturing toindustries that are creating new jobs." Mulligan expects the portion of jobs held by womento peak slightly above 50% this year， then drop below half when the economy recovers andmore men find work.

What does the author say about the workforce during this recession？ 查看材料

A.Men make up the most profitable sectors.

B.Women gain jobs while men lose jobs.

C.Women take the most jobs in the economy.

D.Women outnumber men in few sectors.