Grade 7

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    • In Samoa in the 1920s, children learned caregiving and household chores from a young age, with boys joining outdoor jobs like fishing and planting coconuts by nine years old
    • Girls in Samoa were responsible for looking after children and doing small tasks for adults until their teens, then gained more freedom to accompany families for fishing trips and work in plantations
    • In Madhya Pradesh in the 1960s, boys and girls went to different schools with different designs, showing clear distinctions in upbringing from a young age
    • Toys given to children, like cars for boys and dolls for girls, reinforce gender roles and expectations for their future as men and women
    • Gender roles are taught by society and differ worldwide, shaping young girls and boys for their future roles as men and women
    • Gender ideas affect subjects and careers chosen by boys and girls, often leading to unequal valuing of men's and women's work and different status in society
    • Housework and caregiving responsibilities generally fall on women, often undervalued and taken for granted by society
    • Women's work inside and outside the home is time-consuming, with women working more hours than men, as shown in a study comparing paid and unpaid working hours in India
    • Domestic workers, mostly women, face low wages and lack of respect for their physically demanding work, like carrying heavy loads and standing for long hours while cooking
    • Women's household and caregiving work is undervalued, contributing to gender inequality, despite constitutional principles of equality
    • Government initiatives like Anganwadi centers and laws mandating crèche facilities aim to address gender inequalities by supporting women's education and employment opportunities