What Might Explain the Lower Participation of Women in the Global

question 6

Multiple Choice

What might explain the lower participation of women in the global workforce than of men?

• A) Women do not have the same desire or willpower as men to work.
• B) Women are more demanding employees and are therefore less desirable.
• C) The construction of work as something people do for pay in the formal economy obscures much of the labor women contribute.
• D) There is more "men's work" than "women's work" that needs to be done in any society

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