Question

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Women and Sustainability

According to professor McElhaney, founder of the Centre for Responsible
Business at the University of California, companies that empower women are
more likely to act sustainably. It has been found that businesses with more
women on their board of directors are more likely to manage and improve their
energy efficiency, invest in renewable power, measure and reduce their carbon
emissions, improve access to healthcare in developing countries and have anticorruption
policies. What is more important, women have strong partnerships
with local communities.

But why is this? Do men have by nature unsustainable ways of acting in the
world? Does testosterone fuel the exploitation of our planet and its people? Are
women our best hope for creating a sustainable future?

Elle Carberry, co-founder of China G. Initiative, believes that women may be
drawn to sustainability because of its social angle. “From all my 20 years in
business, I have met more women working in this area than in others,” she says.
In China, women appear to be playing an increasingly important role in
sustainability and for one Chinese woman in particular, it turned her into the
wealthiest self-made woman in the world. Zhang Yin is the founder of a
recycling company that buys scrap paper from the US, imports it into China, and
turns it mainly into cardboard for use in boxes to export Chinese goods.

However, despite this and many other role models, millions of women are still
under-represented, but the hope is that more will be empowered to join the
sustainability revolution.

QUESTIONS


5. Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic.

Are there some jobs which are more appropriate for men than for women? State your
opinion and give specific reasons and examples.
(Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)

Prueba de selectividad para la comunidad de Madrid. Convocatoria Jun 2012-2013. Inglés.

Answer 1

5. Write about 100 to 150 words on the following topic. Are there some jobs which are more appropriate for men than for women? State your opinion and give specific reasons and examples. (Puntuación máxima: 3 puntos)

I believe that with the same training and opportunities, men and women can perform the same tasks in activities. While it is true that men are physically stronger than women, that’s as far as it gets. Women to physically train themselves to be stronger, succeed and become stronger than many men. But if we take the point of view that most women don’t physically train themselves to be stronger, then jobs that require physical strength like construction work, are more suited for men. But not exclusively so. We live in a society that still thinks that men are the ones that are supposed to lead every single aspect of life, underestimating women and making them out to be inferior, which is a completely archaic idea.

Prueba de selectividad para la comunidad de Madrid. Convocatoria Jun 2012-2013. Inglés.