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.

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Definitions:

Aggregate Planning

The method of creating, examining, and keeping an initial, rough plan of an organization's total activities.

Level Scheduling

A manufacturing process management technique aimed at producing goods at a constant rate to avoid fluctuations in production and inventory levels.

Hire/Layoff Workers

The process of recruiting and integrating new employees into a company, or conversely, reducing the workforce through terminations due to economic or organizational reasons.

Aggregate Planning

A method involving the creation, examination, and upkeep of an initial, rough timetable for all the activities within an organization.