According to advice manuals, poetry, and middle-class journals, middle-class wives and mothers were supposed to occupy a "separate sphere" of life, in which they lived in subordination to their spouses. 1. True2. False

True

Explanation:

This statement directly applies to young people. It means that boys are meant to go to school while girls stay at home. It also means that boys and girls complement each other (which explains the word "subordination").

It portray the boys as stronger species.