The domestic-public dichotomy is more pronounced in foraging societies where gathering is the main subsistence activity. significant because public activities often have greater prestige than domestic ones do. reinforced in American society by women working both inside and outside the home. not significant in urban industrial societies. not present in the industrial states of the Western world.

is significant because public activities often have greater prestige than domestic ones do.

Explanation:

The domestic–public dichotomy is used to describe a social phenomenon that usually occur in contemporary societies that offers a distinction to some extent between a domestic, also called private sphere, and the public or social sphere. In simpler terms, it is used to provide a difference between the home and the outside world. It is significant because activities done in the outside world usually supersedes those done at home in prestige.