Test: Growing up as Boys & Girls- 2 - Class 7 MCQ

• In the 1960s in Madhya Pradesh, boys and girls had different spaces for playing in their schools.
• Girls had a central courtyard for playing, while boys had a big open space attached to the school.
• This means that boys and girls played in separate areas to have their fun and learn in their own special places.

• When we are young, we often see that girls are given dolls to play with and boys are given cars.
• This can make girls think they should be gentle and boys think they should be tough when they grow up.
• These toys can show children that they might have different futures as men and women.
• It's like a small message in a toy box about what they might become later on.

In Samoan society, teenage girls gained more freedom and participated in activities such as fishing, plantation work, and weaving baskets.

In Samoan society, gender roles were more fluid and flexible- Growing up in Samoan society in the 1920s, gender roles were more fluid and flexible.
- Children participated in communal activities, and tasks were not strictly divided by gender.
- Margaret Mead's research highlighted the less rigid gender expectations in Samoa, allowing for more shared responsibilities between boys and girls.
- In contrast, many societies, like Madhya Pradesh in the 1960s, had more defined and separate gender roles, with specific expectations for males and females in family and societal structures.

Harmeet's family, like many others, did not recognize the domestic work performed by Jaspreet and their domestic helper as "real" work, reflecting a common societal undervaluation of housework.