Q1. Fill in the blanks.

                        i.        The different roles assigned to boys and girls prepare them for their future roles as _________and _____________.

                       ii.        In _______________in the 1960s, from Class VI onwards, boys and girls went to separate schools.

                      iii.        Most domestic workers are ______________.

                      iv.        Our constitution does not make any discrimination on the basis of ____________.

                      v.        The provision of ________________helps many women to take up employment outside the home.

                     vi.        Housework is ___________ and ___________work.

 

Q2. True/False

                         i.        The society we grow up in teaches us what kind of behaviour is acceptable for girls and boys. __________

                        ii.        If we talk to elders in our family, we will see that their childhoods were probably the same as ours. __________

                       iii.        Men and women do not have the same status. ___________

                       iv.        The government has set up anganwadis or child-care centres in several villages in the country. __________

                        v.        Work done by a housewife is valued. _________

 

Q3. Why domestic workers' wages are often very low?

 

Q4. Mention the most important activity on the Samoan Islands in 1920s.

 

Q5. What do we teach boys and girls from a very young age?

 

Q6. Why do girls like to go to school together in groups?

 

Q7. Were Harmeet and Shonali correct in saying that Harmeet’s mother did not work?

 

Q8. “As these girls walked on the streets, they looked so purposeful.” What it means?

 

Q9. What is the daily schedule of a domestic worker?

 

Q10. How are domestic workers treated by their employers?

 

Q11. Where are the Samoan islands located?

 

Q12. Why are girls and boys given different toys to play with?

 

Q13. What are the expected responsibilities of women in the family?

 

Q14. Define the term Double-burden.

 

Q15. Why do you think that men and boys generally do not do housework?

 

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