SOCIOL 2Q06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Feminine Mystique, Harriet Taylor Mill, Nuclear Family
30 Sep 2016
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Family economy: the family was both a unit of production as well as a unit of consumption (adams, 2001) The labour needs determined the work roles of men and women. The work of women and children was not marginal to the economy. Contribution of every member of the family is highly valued. Her main thesis is that the nature of production for pre-capitalist families were shaped by capitalist structures. The survival of the family depended on every single member of the family dividing up the labour. Household labour needs, subsistence requirements, and family relationships constituted the. As we shift into the industrial family we being to see a more rigid division of labour, and the individuals become more reliant on the marketplace. It is in the urban centers that we being to see this early rather then in the rural areas. The process of the family becoming a unit of just consumption took over 200 years.
