Chapter 4: Implied Main Ideas Exercise 2 Click on the sentence that expresses the implied main idea of each selection. 1. (1) Over the last century, women in the United States have steadily grown closer to gaining equality with men. (2) These gains apply in many workplaces and in government. (3) But do they also apply to the home? (4) Regardless of whether they have a full-time job and no matter how much money they earn, women do 80 percent of the work around the house. (5) Further, they are more likely to perform the dull, routine tasks that lock them into rigid daily schedules, such as vacuuming, bed making, ironing, and cooking and cleaning up after meals. (6) Women also do more of the undesirable "dirty" jobs, such as scrubbing the bathroom and changing dirty diapers. (7) Men typically take responsibility for such non-routine tasks as household repairs, auto maintenance, lawn mowing, snow shoveling, and disciplining children. (8) These jobs do not require tight daily schedules. (9) Moreover, for some men, home and auto repair may be enjoyable hobbies. a. Compared to men, women who work outside the home are underpaid. b. Married women have much less free time than married men. c. Men and women are not equal where housework is concerned. d. Married women still do most of the routine, boring housework, even though they may also work outside the home.