Passage 2
Sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology(观念) that biology is fate. According to this ideology, basic biological and psychological differences exist between the sexes. These differences require each sex to play a separate role in social life. Women are the weaker sex both physically and emotionally. Thus, they are naturally suited, much more so than men, to the performance of domestic duties. A woman's place, under normal circumstances, is within the protective environment of the home. Nature has determined that women play caretaker roles, such as wife and mother and homemaker. On the other hand, men are best suited to go out into the competitive world of work and politics, where serious responsibilities must be taken on. Men are to be the providers; women and children are “dependents”.
The ideology also holds that women who wish to work outside the household should naturally fill these jobs that are in line with the special capabilities of their sex. It is thus appropriate for women, not men, to be employed as nurses, social workers, elementary school teachers, household helpers, and clerks and secretaries. These positions are simply an extension of women's domestic role. Informal differences between “women's work” and “men's work” in the labor force, according to the ideology, are simply a functional reflection of the basic differences between the sexes.
Finally, the ideology suggests that nature has worked her will in another significant way. For the human species to survive over time, its members must regularly reproduce. Thus, women must, whether at home or in the labor force, make the most of their physical appearance.
So goes the ideology. It is, of course, not true that basic biological and psychological differences between the sexes require each to play redefined roles in social life. There is a great deal of evidence that sex roles vary from society to society, and those role differences that do exist are largely learned.
To a degree people actually believe that biology is fate and that nature is intended for men and women to make different contributions to society, but sex-defined roles will be seen as totally acceptable.
Why is women's place considered to be within the home to some extent?
由第一段中“they are naturally suited…to the performance of domestic duties”可知，女性被认为应该待在家里的原因是，她们天生适合履行家庭职责。
In the author's opinion, the difference of sex roles ________.
倒数第二段中提到“It is, of course, not true that basic biological and psychological differences…There is a great deal of evidence that sex roles vary from society to society”，由此可知作者认为性别角色是由人的社会性决定的。
The author thinks that women's roles as nurses and clerks ________.
第二段中，作者认为“These positions are simply an extension of women’s domestic role.”，护士、社会工作者、小学教师和秘书等工作不过是妇女家庭角色的延伸。
According to the passage we can know that ________.
由第一段可知，人们认为在社会中扮演的性别角色是由先天的生理和心理条件决定的。
What's the author's attitude towards the ideology that biology is fate?
文章第一句认为“Sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology(观念) that biology is fate”，然后用三段篇幅分别阐述这一理论对妇女的束缚，最后作者明确表明自己的态度，性别角色的不同很大程度上是后天习得的。可见作者对这一观点持否定态度。