Growing up as Boys and Girls - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
a. Double burden means extra or double load. This term is commonly used to describe women’s work situation as they work both inside and outside home.
b. A wide range of task including looking after and nurturing refers to care giving task. For details refer section A answer no 12.
Work done by a housewife is invisible and unpaid work. In our society it is believed that only paid works are true works and are valuable. Thus housework’s are devalued
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The reason for this inequality is sita is a girl while rakesh is a boy. In our society still girls and boys are distinct. Because of different ways of growing and sick mentality of boys of being superior, girls carried fear of being teased or attacked. Thus in order to stay safe they are not allowed to stay outside after evening.
In a boys school generally there is no courtyard, and they play in playground attached to the school. While in a girl’s school there is a central courtyard where girls used to play. In a boy’s school most of the teachers are male while in a girl’s school most of the teachers are females.
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House work is very important. It is equally valuable as other outside works, but this kind of work is often invisible and is not paid. Thus we should value household work.
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