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The Home as Undeveloped Industry
Question 1 of 5
What does Gilman argue is the real reason cooking and cleaning are considered inherently "feminine" duties?
A
Because women are biologically better suited to food preparation
B
Because religious texts explicitly assign these duties to women
C
Not nature, but prejudice and custom from the sex-based division of labor — there is no real connection between these tasks and sex, only the accident of who was assigned them
D
Because women historically had no other options for employment
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