What problem arises when women home-based labour in handicrafts remains less visible?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Their labour value and decision participation are underestimated
Women’s work in handicrafts is often performed inside the home and may be treated as an extension of household duties. Because it is less visible, outsiders and even family members may fail to count the time, skill, and effort involved. This can reduce the recognised value of women’s labour and limit their say in decisions about prices, income, production, and use of resources.
Option A is correct because invisible work can lead to both economic undervaluation and weaker decision-making participation. The other choices do not follow from hidden labour: products do not automatically become machine-made, raw material does not increase by itself, and customers do not lose all preferences. Home-based work remains real economic production even when it is unpaid or poorly recorded.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Their labour value and decision participation are underestimated
Why is this the correct answer?
Women’s work in handicrafts is often performed inside the home and may be treated as an extension of household duties. Because it is less visible, outsiders and even family members may fail to count the time, skill, and effort involved. This can reduce the recognised value of women’s labour and limit their say in decisions about prices, income, production, and use of resources.
Option A is correct because invisible work can lead to both economic undervaluation and weaker decision-making participation. The other choices do not follow from hidden labour: products do not automatically become machine-made, raw material does not increase by itself, and customers do not lose all preferences. Home-based work remains real economic production even when it is unpaid or poorly recorded.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Home Science question. Chapter: Work, Livelihood and Career. Topic: Traditional occupations in India - Handicrafts.
