Activity 6: “Gender roles at home”

Below is a matrix that indicates gender roles performed at home. In a space provided for you
indicate who is doing the task and how often they do the task. It is ok if more than one is doing
the task (example: If your siblings are washing the clothes then you just need to put the mark in
the appropriate column.) If there are more members of the family, just add a column and put
their names in the heading. Using the following notations and writing them at the column of the
person doing the task:

A= always B=Most of the time C=Sometimes D= Seldom

Gender Roles Mother Father Bother Sister You Other

Margie Claro Clarence Clarence Camille Family
Cabico Cabico Cabico Mae Cabico members:
Cabico Cristine
Mae
Cabico
Charlene
Esther
Cabico
EXAMPLE: C B - - - -
Disciplining the
children
1. Provider/ A A D A C D
breadwinner
2. Budgeting for B B D A C D
the family
3. Decision making A B D A B D
for the family
4. Cooking D D C B A C
5. Washing the D D B B B B
dishes
6. Washing clothes D A A A A A
(laundry)
7. Cleaning the A A A A A A
house
8. Taking care of D B C B B A
pets/animals
9. Attending to a B B C A C C
sick family
member
10. Going to the A C D A D D
market to buy
things
11. A A C A D C
 Gardening/Plantin
g
12. Ironing clothes A D C A C D
13. Guiding the C C B A C D
young members in
doing their
homework/ school
projects.
14. Providing A A C A A D
advice or guidance
on personal
decision of family
members
15. Attending to D C A A D D
community
events/tasks.

Submit this matrix in the drop box provided in your google classroom entitled: Activity 7 gender
roles at home’