If adolescent boys are not taught care work what gender pattern may become stronger in future?

Correct answer: Concentration of care work on women

The direct answer is A: care work may become concentrated on women. Care work includes cooking, cleaning, looking after children, helping sick or older people and managing daily household needs. If boys are not taught these skills, society may continue to assume that girls and women alone should perform them. Step by step: children learn skills and social expectations from home and school; boys who never practise care may not develop confidence or responsibility in it; families may then assign most care duties to women; this strengthens a gendered division of work. Option A correctly describes the likely pattern. Option B, shared care responsibility, would be encouraged when boys and girls both learn care skills, so it is not the result described. Option C, gender equality, is also weakened rather than strengthened by unequal teaching. Option D, men’s care participation, would be more likely when boys are included in care learning, not excluded. Memory cue: teach every child care skills to build shared responsibility.