Analysis

To analyze the recorded data, I created the following diagram using a basic trigonometry formula:





This allowed me to get to find the treasure very quickly.


Actual Analysis Below:

*Please note, for analysis purposes productive tasks are defined as work related, reproductive tasks are defined as those concerning the family. On this chart, I have now highlighted in blue all productive time, with reproductive time in yellow, community managing in pink, and neutral time with no highlight. It is quite apparent that most of the time of all three subjects is spent on productive tasks.

Caviat: It should be noted that Subjects 2 and 3 do not have children, and only work on weekends. As such, the schedule recorded above is not fully representative of their activities, although they did say that majority of their week is utilized studying/working. As such, they are not representative of women who must work with children at home.

Subject 1, Patrizia is also a very interesting case. Her mother and that of her husband Andrei help out by taking care of their children. As such, Patrizia and Andrei are both freed up so to speak, to pursue productive tasks. Patrizia, as a woman with children, has very little recorded reproductive time. After sending her children off to school, she spends the vast majority of her day working long hours of productive time.

The comments of subjects 2 and 3 are quite interesting in terms of gender roles, and would seem to contradict each other, unless considered separately. Essentially they said that as far as fatigue goes it would be easier to be a man, but in terms of interaction with customers, it is better to be a woman. Perhaps we can observe, that if we accept their comments as fact, that both genders have their ups and downs in the food service industry, especially in rural Italy. However, their comment on men having better stamina than women in being able to handle work related fatigue is most likely untrue and very subjective.