Ncert 7th social and political life chapter 4 Growing up as boys and girls
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1. Samoan island is located in Pacific ocean.
2. Anganwadis are called childcare centres.
3. CSO stands for Central Statistical Organisation.
4. The constitution says that men and women are equal.
5. In Samoa island, there were special cooking houses.
Answer in one or two words.
1. At which level can women's inequalities not be solved?
Family
2. Mention some functions performed by women at home.
Looking after children, elder and sick , cooking and cleaning, etc.
Answer the following
1. What is gender inequality?
Whenever distinctions are made between men and women and an inequal treatment is done between them,it is called gender inequality.
2. How are difference made between men and women?
- Girls are told to be soft and dress properly.
- Boys are told be tough and given specific work.
- Men and women do not have the same status.
- Boys are given cars as toys while girls are given dolls to play.
- Toys become a way of telling children that they will have different futures when they become men and women.
- A number of housework tasks require physical task.
- In both rural and urban areas, women and girls have to fetch water from long distance.
- In rural areas , women and girls carry heavy headloads of firewood.
- Many women work hard at home doing domestic chores.
- However, housework and care giving is not given due attention.
- In this way , women are maltreated and do not have time for leisure.
S.ACHUTHAN 7THSTD
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