Giving boys cars and girls dolls tells children that they will have what?
ABetter marks in school subjects
BThe same careers as adults
CEqual time for playing outdoors
DDifferent futures as men and women
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Different futures as men and women
1. Both cars and dolls can be a lot of fun to play with.
2. Yet toys become a way of telling children they will have different futures when they become men and women.
3. The difference is created in the smallest and most everyday things, not in marks or outdoor time.
_Source: NCERT Class 7 Social and Political Life, Growing up as Boys and Girls_
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