According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Replacing a Housewife

question 67

Multiple Choice

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, replacing a housewife with paid laborers would cost at least $100,000 per year. How could this be interpreted according to conflict theory?

• A) The instrumental role is more valuable than the expressive role.
• B) Domestic work is a highly functional adaptation that produces gender equality within a family.
• C) Men have a great deal to lose if gender segregation disappears.
• D) Gender inequality is mostly produced and reproduced through interaction.