According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Replacing a Housewife

Multiple Choice

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, replacing a housewife with paid laborers would cost at least $100,000 per year. How could this be interpreted according to conflict theory?

A) The instrumental role is more valuable than the expressive role.
B) Domestic work is a highly functional adaptation that produces gender equality within a family.
C) Men have a great deal to lose if gender segregation disappears.
D) Gender inequality is mostly produced and reproduced through interaction.