Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The most common childcare arrangement in the contemporary U.S. is to have relatives watch children.
2. Men and women in 2010 spent more time on average with their children than men and women in 1965.
3. Carrington (1999) found that in gay male couples, partners ten to downplay the time and energy either partner spends on domesticity and that lesbian couple tend to emphasize it.
4. When bachelor men move in with women they continue to do all of the housework that they did when they lived alone.
5. In 2016 there continues to be a disparity in housework performed by men and women.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True

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he authors found that ______ of broadcast coverage was dedicated to women’s sports.

a. 3.2% b. 17% c. 23.1% d. 30%

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