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Housework is invisible and unpaid work.
Housework is physically demanding.
Housework is time-consuming.
Write in your own words what is meant by the terms ‘invisible’, ‘physically demanding’ and ‘time-consuming’? Give one example of each based on the household tasks undertaken by women in your home.



Answer -

  1. Invisible’ means the work which is not seen from eyes, for example, the amount of time and labour that goes in preparing food.
  2. ‘Physically demanding’ means we have to do hard manual labour to complete a task. It is tiring and the hard work tells on one’s health, like fetching water or firewood in rural areas.
  3. ‘Time-consuming’ means the work which needs considerable time to be completed.
  • The care of the house and keeping a watch on the activities of domestic help are invisible.
  • Washing of clothes is physically demanding.
  • Cooking food and cleaning the house is time-consuming.

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