IELTS Reading vocabulary Practice
According to Paragraph E, what is meant by the 'double burden'?
Question type: multiple choice · Difficulty: advanced
- A. The burden of repaying a loan while also saving for the future.
- B. The pressure to succeed in business combined with social pressure from the community.
- C. The responsibility of managing a business in addition to performing unpaid domestic labor.
- D. The challenge of competing with businesses run by men in the same market.
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Paragraph E explicitly defines the 'double burden'. It states that a female entrepreneur 'must juggle the demands of her enterprise... with the full-time, unpaid labour of childcare, cooking, and household maintenance,' which clearly refers to managing both business and domestic duties.