The flood ofwomen into the job market has boosted economic growth and changed the society 11many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done primarily by women-- 12from family shopping to preparing meals to 13 voluntarywork--still need to be done by someone. Husbands andchildren now do some of these jobs, a situation that has changed the 14 market for many products. Or aworking woman may face a "poverty of time" and look for helpelsewhere, 15 opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child carecenters, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like. 16 there isstill a big wage gap between men and women, the income working women 17 gives them new independenceand buying power. For example, women now 18 about half of all cars. Not long ago,many car dealers 19 women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting thatthey come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that womenare potential customers. It′s interesting that some leading Japanese cardealers were the first to really pay attention to women customers though theJapanese society is 20 very much male-oriented. A.at B.inC.onD.to