INTD 497 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Commodification, Neoliberalism, Care Work
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Why does gender matter: feminization of global workforce, societal norms, gendered violence, women"s rights as human rights. Presentation structure: from a macro to a micro perspective and process. To a broad view from constable to a case-specific analysis of parre as. It varies from society to society and is a socially scripted performance. This concept also describes the class differences, racial differences and privilege that exist between men and women that limit their own mobility. Some women are more mobile than others for example (elite astronaut families) and undocumented female labour migrants. Intimacy: the term intimate relations refers here to social relationships that are or give the impression of being physically and/or emotionally close, personal, sexually intimate, private, caring, or loving, and intimately related to gender discourses. Intimate relationships re not necessarily associated with or limited to the domestic sphere but discourses about intimacy are often intertwined with ideas about gender and domesticity and gifts as opposed to markets.