On most weekends you can find the Smiths,who have one son and two daughters,doing their assigned chores around the house.Typically,the son mows the lawn and helps his dad with automobile maintenance,while the girls help clean the house and prepare the meals.This distribution of chores reflects:
A) the importance of being gender-flexible.
B) children bearing a proportion of the second shift.
C) the natural division of labor between boys and girls.
D) how gender roles are learned at home.

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The distribution of chores based on gender reflects how gender roles and expectations are learned and reinforced at home. It reinforces the stereotypical view that men are responsible for outdoor and mechanical work while women are responsible for domestic work.

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