問題詳情
(C) For generations, men have been ridiculed for being a mama's boy and criticized for being toofeminine. Even Sigmund Freud cautioned about the unresolved oedipal complex in boys. However, a newbook claims that having a special mother-son bond actually is a good thing for a man.Kate Stone Lombardi, author of the book, claims that boys are less likely to grow into repressed men ifthey have a close relationship with mothers. Lombardi, a mom of a 26-year-old daughter and 23-year-oldson, contacted more than 1,100 mothers over the Internet in order to find out about their own experiences.Based on the women's answers, she came to the conclusion that the widely accepted stereotype, in whichany boy who gets too close to his mother would turn out to be a wimp and dependent for the rest of his life,is not real. Homophobia is behind why our society is so negatively predisposed and so critical of the tooclose mother-son relationship.
There have been many studies supporting Miss Lombardi's statements, including the one by ArizonaState University which involved more than 400 middle-school boys. The study wanted to figure out to whatextent the boys bought into traditional masculine roles. The conclusion was that those guys who had warmrelationships with their mothers developed better communication skills and reported lower rates ofdepression and delinquency.
Another study that involved almost 6,000 children concluded that baby boys who do not form strongbonding with their moms grow up to be more aggressive and destructive kids. And when young boys arebeing separated prematurely from their mothers, they grow into anxious little boys with a fear of intimacyand betrayal into adulthood. After all, the first woman a boy has loved and depended upon has pushed himaway.
According to Lombardi, historically, mothers were the ones to blame for anything that goes wrong witha child. Even schizophrenia and later autism were said to be maternal mistakes. The author is very curious asto why fathers do not share the same criticism.
Boys really need support of their mothers and the last thing they need is withdrawal of this support,Lombardi said. By keeping sons close, women are helping their boys reach their full human potential andsetting them up for happier and much more successful lives.
【題組】28. Which of the following is more likely to be the title of the book by Lombardi?
(A)Sissy Boys, Stronger Men
(B) Healing The Mother-Son Kinship
(C) The Mama’s Boy Myth
(D)Improving Premature Intimacy
參考答案
答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)