Question

Which of the following is characteristic of the second shift?

It is unpaid housework women typically do after they come home from their paid employment.

Unmarried women who live with men spend more time on housework than do married women.

The division of household labor is more likely to be equal among married couples.

Women and men are equally responsible for domestic work in most two parent households.

Answer 1

The following is characteristic of the second shift:

It is unpaid housework women typically do after they come home from their paid employment.

Answer 2

Out of the given choices, “It is unpaid housework women typically do after they come home from their paid employment” is the characteristic of the second shift.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

• In most two-parent families in that both the parents are working professionals, women take up or are given the responsibility of maintaining the household after they are done with their office work.
• This work is not accounted for and is referred to as 'second shift' work performed by most working professional women.
• This imbalance in the sharing of domestic work among working parents is mostly due to the patriarchal system that is predominant all over the modern world.