POL 501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wage Labour, Socialist Feminism, Invisibility

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 501
• Professor: Karen Ruddy

Document Summary

Men breadwinners and female home care giver and child care. Capitalism and wage labour: women always worked pre-industrialization but after capitalism people went to factories to seek work and work outside of the home/family. Makes wife economically dependent on men justifies lower wage for women. Function as reserve army of labour pulled into labour market when needed and pushed out when don"t need. And can pay men less because threat of hiring women instead. Physical reproduction giving birth: reproduction in terms of daily life eat, sleep, be clothed, be loved, be nurtured to survive as human species. Grp of women work outside of labour market for free pay all wage labourers less. Cuz need well fed, well rested, supported workers to come back to work. By excluding women from labour market and forcing them into unpaid labour keep wages low. Family plays role in reproducing next generation of workers, obey rules, be on time for school.