The shoemaker's answer (to the women who asked how long her shoes would last) seems to suggest: a.)
a questioning of traditional gender roles of the times (women seeking excitement outside the home)
b.)
household work will wear them out quickly
c.)
a violent turn of events would ensue
d.)
a scenario too lewd or scandalous to describe

Explanation:

Work-Home Conflict and Gender

Individuals may experience conflict between their work and home roles due to limited time, high levels of stress, and competing behavioral expectations (Greenhaus and Beutell, 1985). Although most of the work-home research has focused on how work variables affect home from the point of view of the conflict between the two spheres (Major and Cleveland, 2005), organizational psychology also begins to study how family variables affect job performance and satisfaction.