Surname 1 Name Instructor Course Date Gender Differences in the Use of Time All our lives, we are surrounded by gender lore; that is present in almost everything that we face as humans ranging from conversations, humor, lifestyles, and food, among other things. Also, gender seems to be embedded thoroughly in our institutions, what we do, our culture, desires, as well as our time such that it looks natural. Various ideas exist in the world today about gender and beliefs that seem to be undeniable truths. Examining gender-based believes from a different perspective tends to appear odd since it is difficult to pull back from the already established views. As noted, time is one of the factors that help in creating differences between the two genders. This is based on the fact that men tend to have their time characterized by activity and fast movement, while women have time characterized by indoor activities and slow progress. Based on this argument, this paper tries to analyze the issue of time as an essential factor in representing gender differences. Men and women tend to have different patterns of spending their time statistically. In general, assumption women mostly spend their time getting involved in household activities as compared to men whose time is spent in outdoor activities. Women are mainly concerned with food management, cleaning, laundry, or ironing, among other activities. On the other hand, men tend to engage in construction (Dung et al., 5), as well as gardening activities. Though both men and women are mostly involved in upbringing or general childcare, women are relatively involved primarily in physical care, supervising children, and accompanying them. However, men on the role of childcare are mostly concerned with teaching the young ones, playing with them as well as talking to them. Human beings have 24 hours in a day to carry out their daily activities. In various studies, researchers have been able to evaluate how human beings tend to use their time in a daily consideration (Anxo et al., 165). For instance, findings indicate that people sleep approximately eight to nine hours a day. Four to six hours of their day is spent on leisure and social life activities. For the case of household and family care activities, humans tend to spend almost two to three hours of their day on average. In consideration of the employment activities, people have a mean time of two to three hours on average, which is spent attending to such roles. Further, people who study-related activities occupy almost 20 to thirty minutes of people's daily time on average ((Amory et al., 67). Time spent indicators are useful mostly for those activities that are performed by virtually all the individuals which include, sleeping, eating as well as other personal chores such as hygiene and leisure. These tend to have an approximate participation rate of close to 100% (Anxo et al., 159). Other studies by various researchers still confirm the fact that men.

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Gender Differences in the Use of Time
All our lives, we are surrounded by gender lore; that is present
in almost everything that we face as humans ranging from
conversations, humor, lifestyles, and food, among other things.
Also, gender seems to be embedded thoroughly in our
institutions, what we do, our culture, desires, as well as our
time such that it looks natural. Various ideas exist in the world
today about gender and beliefs that seem to be undeniable
truths. Examining gender-based believes from a different
perspective tends to appear odd since it is difficult to pull back
from the already established views. As noted, time is one of the
factors that help in creating differences between the two
genders. This is based on the fact that men tend to have their
time characterized by activity and fast movement, while women
have time characterized by indoor activities and slow progress.
Based on this argument, this paper tries to analyze the issue of
time as an essential factor in representing gender differences.
Men and women tend to have different patterns of spending
their time statistically. In general, assumption women mostly
spend their time getting involved in household activities as
compared to men whose time is spent in outdoor activities.
Women are mainly concerned with food management, cleaning,
laundry, or ironing, among other activities. On the other hand,
men tend to engage in construction (Dung et al., 5), as well as
gardening activities. Though both men and women are mostly
involved in upbringing or general childcare, women are
relatively involved primarily in physical care, supervising
children, and accompanying them. However, men on the role of

2. childcare are mostly concerned with teaching the young ones,
playing with them as well as talking to them.
Human beings have 24 hours in a day to carry out their daily
activities. In various studies, researchers have been able to
evaluate how human beings tend to use their time in a daily
consideration (Anxo et al., 165). For instance, findings indicate
that people sleep approximately eight to nine hours a day. Four
to six hours of their day is spent on leisure and social life
activities. For the case of household and family care activities,
humans tend to spend almost two to three hours of their day on
average. In consideration of the employment activities, people
have a mean time of two to three hours on average, which is
spent attending to such roles.
Further, people who study-related activities occupy almost 20 to
thirty minutes of people's daily time on average ((Amory et al.,
67). Time spent indicators are useful mostly for those activities
that are performed by virtually all the individuals which
include, sleeping, eating as well as other personal chores such
as hygiene and leisure. These tend to have an approximate
participation rate of close to 100% (Anxo et al., 159).
Other studies by various researchers still confirm the fact that
men and women have different patterns of spending their time.
Also, it is essential to note that women's participation in
household chores affects most of their time, which also
influences how they can participate in the labor market (Anxo et
al., 172). For instance, dividing time sent in terms of time spent
in market and work-related activities, those spent on domestic
work, personal care, and that is spent on leisure; it is important
to note differences in women and men representation in these
divisions. Men are more into market-related work, while women
are mostly involved in unpaid domestic activities. However,
research shows that women have less time than men for leisure
since they work more (Amory et al., 27). However, with the
advancement in education, the gender gap is likely to be
reduced where more educated women are engaged in outside
activities and work more hours though men still have

3. statistically taken the highest percentage in participation.
Women have, however, recently been entering the labor market,
which has resulted in significant changes in the labor division
and the distribution of time spent in various activities.
However, though women have retained their domestic
responsibilities, it is clear that their overall work is
exponentially increased due to this recent engagement. Authors
argue that the gender gap mostly affects women in their mid-
ages (25 to 44 years) when marriage and parenthood activities
hinder their participation in work (Anxo et al., 169). In contrast,
men do not seem to be affected by these changes in their lives,
and they tend to continue with their time normally. Being
married for men does not affect their time spent while working,
actually married men spend most of their time working that men
who are not married.
Gender differences can better be attributed to gender
expectations and norms that exist in our society today. These
are as a result of various policies such as better childcare
policies, parental leave system, as well as the labor market
regulations. It is important to note that these factors can be
regulated and consequently be used to reduce the gap and
further improve development. It is clear that gender has a
sneaky way of achieving social stratification and that though
women are continually entering the labor market, gender tends
to force them to end up in caring cantered responsibilities (Liu,
1). At the same time, men focus on goods production and other
physical and fast activities. This can more generally be based on
the fact that hiring tends to cut women off in activities that
emphasize masculinity and speed. As a result, there exists in
society a consequence of gender socialization where people feel
that there are certain types of gender-typed occupations. Though
in our current community, both men and women work in the
same rules, there is extensive maintenance of inequality in a
time of time spent on specific activities for both men and
women (Eileen, 33). However, as noted, there is potential for
improvement, and research indicates that engagement of both

4. men and women in various activities equally, this will act as an
essential agent of change in the society. The involvement of
women in various outdoor activities creates an opportunity for
women to promote a positive difference, and this can be used as
an influence on gender equity.
Work Cited
Amory, Judith M., Yaohua Shi, and Jiang Yang. Baptism by
Yang Jiang. Hong Kong University Press, HKU, 2007.
Anxo, Dominique, et al. "Gender differences in time use over
the life course in France, Italy, Sweden, and the US." Feminist
economics 17.3 (2011): 159-195.
Dung, Kai-Cheung, and Qizhang Dong. Atlas: The Archaeology
of an Imaginary City. Columbia University Press, 2012.
Eileen Chang. Love in a Fallen City," Romancing Languages,
Cultures and Genres. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press,
HKU, 2012, pp 33-47
Liu, Cixin. The three-body problem. Vol. 1. Macmillan, 2014.