WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dental Hygienist, Dionne Brand, Wgst
18 Feb 2017
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Top 10 jobs for women (canadian census 2007) Historically rooted in reproductive capacities (women reproduced in private) Socially and historically constructed definitions of work are . Rooted in stereotypical notions of masculinity and femininity. The notion of men"s jobs and women"s jobs. Based on men"s productive work and women"s reproductive work. Cooking, cleaning, washing, mending, grocery shopping, child and teenager rearing, caring for the sick and for ageing parents, paying bills and managing the household. A man works from sun to sun, but a woman"s work is never done . In economic terms women"s unpaid work in canada is estimated to be worth up to. In social terms raising and caring for future generations, is immeasurable. Unpaid work is seldom a choice in the current economy increasingly a luxury to stay at home to raise children. * the census no longer attempts to measure this.
