Question

What is the "feminization of poverty"?

• A. It refers to the increasing amelioration of the conditions of poor women
• B. It indicates that there is a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap and poverty
• C. It refers to the growing trend of the feminist movement as it is increasingly being joined by economically marginalized women
• D. It portrays the increasing demand for widening the scope of the contemporary feminist movement by including women from socially marginalized sections of society

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

It indicates that there is a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap and poverty

Answer 2

The correct option is (B): It indicates that there is a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap and poverty