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In 1920s Samoa, who took over caring for babies once they could walk?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1920s Samoa, a boy of nine joined older boys to learn which jobs?Read the answer and worked solution →What changed for Samoan girls in the 1920s as teenagers?Read the answer and worked solution →The Samoan example mainly shows that expectations of boys and girls areRead the answer and worked solution →Why did the schoolgirls in that town always walk home in groups?Read the answer and worked solution →Giving boys cars and girls dolls tells children that they will have what?Read the answer and worked solution →When do societies begin making clear distinctions between boys and girls?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is a woman's housework often not counted as real work?Read the answer and worked solution →Housework is left unpaid partly because it is assumed to be what?Read the answer and worked solution →Across the world, who mainly carries care-giving for children, the elderly and the sick?Read the answer and worked solution →Which statement about domestic workers in towns and cities is true?Read the answer and worked solution →Domestic workers' wages are low mainly because domestic workRead the answer and worked solution →Which housework task falls on women and girls in both rural and urban areas?Read the answer and worked solution →Which words, usually linked with men, describe women's housework?Read the answer and worked solution →Women who add up housework and outside work have less time for what?Read the answer and worked solution →A survey found women in one state did 19 paid and 35 unpaid hours a week. What was their weekly total?Read the answer and worked solution →In a survey, men did 40 paid and 4 unpaid hours weekly, and women 19 paid and 35 unpaid. Who worked more in total?Read the answer and worked solution →Working both inside and outside the home is called theRead the answer and worked solution →Which principle of the Constitution says being male or female should not cause discrimination?Read the answer and worked solution →Why must government also tackle the low value of housework?Read the answer and worked solution →What are anganwadis set up by the government in villages?Read the answer and worked solution →Creches help women take up jobs and also make it possible for more of whom to attend school?Read the answer and worked solution →Traditionally, gender roles have kept women mostly in which sphere?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do sociologists prefer the term gender role to sex role?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the process of learning and acquiring a gender role in society called?Read the answer and worked solution →Gender identity differs from gender role because it refers to one'sRead the answer and worked solution →Which society was said to have identified five genders?Read the answer and worked solution →Who coined the term gender role in a 1955 paper while studying intersex individuals?Read the answer and worked solution →Money's team found that gonads, hormones and chromosomesRead the answer and worked solution →Which book did Judith Butler write on how gender is performed?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In 1920s Samoa, who took over caring for babies once they could walk?

  1. Grandparents at home
  2. Their mothers for years
  3. Village teachers here
  4. Older children, often five
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Correct answer: D. Older children, often five

1. Samoan children did not go to school and learnt tasks from older children and adults. 2. Once babies could walk, mothers and other adults stopped looking after them. 3. Older children, often as young as five, took over, so the option naming mothers or teachers fails. _Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life, Growing up as Boys and Girls, Growing up in Samoa in the 1920s_

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In 1920s Samoa, a boy of nine joined older boys to learn which jobs?

  1. Weaving baskets daily
  2. Minding small infants
  3. Cooking in special huts
  4. Fishing and planting coconuts
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Correct answer: D. Fishing and planting coconuts

1. By about nine years, a Samoan boy moved away from child minding. 2. He joined older boys in learning outdoor jobs like fishing and planting coconuts. 3. Basket weaving was learnt by girls after about fourteen, and child care stayed with girls longer. _Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life, Growing up as Boys and Girls, Growing up in Samoa in the 1920s_

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What changed for Samoan girls in the 1920s as teenagers?

  1. Sent to boarding schools
  2. They stopped all housework
  3. Married to older men
  4. They gained much more freedom
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Correct answer: D. They gained much more freedom

1. Younger Samoan girls looked after small children and did errands for adults. 2. Once they became teenagers they had much more freedom, going on fishing trips and working in plantations. 3. There was no school, and household work did not stop, so the other options fail. _Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life, Growing up as Boys and Girls, Growing up in Samoa in the 1920s_

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