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From the Ted Talk by Helen Fisher: Why we love, why we cheat

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The first is women working, moving into the workforce. I've looked at 130 sticeioes through the daehgrmoipc ybeokoars of the United Nations. Everywhere in the wrold, 129 out of 130 of them, women are not only moving into the job mraekt — sometimes very, very slowly, but they are moving into the job market — and they are very swolly closing that gap between men and women in terms of economic power, health and education. It's very slow.

For every trend on this planet, there's a counter-trend. We all know of them, but nevertheless — the abars say, "The dogs may bark, but the cvraaan meovs on." And, indeed, that caravan is moving on. Women are moving back into the job market. And I say back into the job market, because this is not new. For millions of years, on the grasslands of Africa, women commuted to work to gather their vegetables. They came home with 60 to 80 percent of the evening meal. The double income family was the standard. And women were regarded as just as eiccolmlonay, socially and sexually powerful as men. In short, we're really mniovg forward to the past.

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The first is women working, moving into the workforce. I've looked at 130 _________ through the ___________ _________ of the United Nations. Everywhere in the _____, 129 out of 130 of them, women are not only moving into the job ______ — sometimes very, very slowly, but they are moving into the job market — and they are very ______ closing that gap between men and women in terms of economic power, health and education. It's very slow.

For every trend on this planet, there's a counter-trend. We all know of them, but nevertheless — the _____ say, "The dogs may bark, but the _______ _____ on." And, indeed, that caravan is moving on. Women are moving back into the job market. And I say back into the job market, because this is not new. For millions of years, on the grasslands of Africa, women commuted to work to gather their vegetables. They came home with 60 to 80 percent of the evening meal. The double income family was the standard. And women were regarded as just as ____________, socially and sexually powerful as men. In short, we're really ______ forward to the past.

Solution


  1. demographic
  2. caravan
  3. economically
  4. world
  5. slowly
  6. yearbooks
  7. societies
  8. market
  9. moving
  10. arabs
  11. moves

Original Text


The first is women working, moving into the workforce. I've looked at 130 societies through the demographic yearbooks of the United Nations. Everywhere in the world, 129 out of 130 of them, women are not only moving into the job market — sometimes very, very slowly, but they are moving into the job market — and they are very slowly closing that gap between men and women in terms of economic power, health and education. It's very slow.

For every trend on this planet, there's a counter-trend. We all know of them, but nevertheless — the Arabs say, "The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on." And, indeed, that caravan is moving on. Women are moving back into the job market. And I say back into the job market, because this is not new. For millions of years, on the grasslands of Africa, women commuted to work to gather their vegetables. They came home with 60 to 80 percent of the evening meal. The double income family was the standard. And women were regarded as just as economically, socially and sexually powerful as men. In short, we're really moving forward to the past.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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brain systems 5
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social trends 2
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bamboo sleeping 2
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extremely sexually 2
sexually possessive 2
powerful brain 2
deep attachment 2
web thinkers 2
women moving 2
middle age 2
casual sex 2
deep feelings 2
united states 2
graduate student 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
bamboo sleeping mat 2
extremely sexually possessive 2

Important Words


  1. africa
  2. arabs
  3. bark
  4. caravan
  5. closing
  6. commuted
  7. demographic
  8. dogs
  9. double
  10. economic
  11. economically
  12. education
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  16. gather
  17. grasslands
  18. health
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  21. job
  22. looked
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  24. meal
  25. men
  26. millions
  27. moves
  28. moving
  29. nations
  30. percent
  31. planet
  32. power
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  34. regarded
  35. sexually
  36. short
  37. slow
  38. slowly
  39. socially
  40. societies
  41. standard
  42. terms
  43. trend
  44. united
  45. vegetables
  46. women
  47. work
  48. workforce
  49. working
  50. world
  51. yearbooks
  52. years