Discussion
The work performed by a homemaker goes unnoticed and unpaid as compared to the official work performed by an office going lady who gets salary and respect. Examine the possible reason behind this :
Answer: D
The reason is the devaluation of household work.
Housework, cooking, cleaning and care of children and the elderly is essential and time-consuming, but because it is done within the home and brings no wage, society does not count it as 'real' work. This devaluation is why homemakers go unrecognised and unpaid, as the textbooks on gender point out.
Household work does not take less time; it often takes longer hours than an office job. The patriarchal set-up of society is the wider background, but the specific reason the question points to is the low value placed on household work itself, not an overvaluation of office work.
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