SOCIOL 2U06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Arlie Russell Hochschild, Gender Inequality
6 Oct 2016
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How macro economic changes and neo-liberal economic policy impacted family life. Economic decline because of manufacturing section getting smaller. Jobs going over seas, labour costs are lower, lower economic and safety rules. Cost of oil went up, families impacted. Expanding service sector, female labour force participation. Secondary earnings provided families with the needed earnings to keep up. Men"s wages are not enough to keep up. Specifically, they are connected to the increasing economic and political interconnectedness of nations, the growth of multinational corporations, and more flexible international trading agreements. Men"s wages through the period of the 1960s to today were declining or remaining stagnant. Luxton notes that the average earnings of men over 35 years of age have remained relatively unchanged while younger men"s earnings have declined (p. 346) Young couples starting families, 2 incomes are needed to not be in poverty. In 1992, the average family had to work 77 weeks per year just to pay the bills.
