HIST 260 Lecture Notes - Consciousness Raising, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Sue Johanson
12 Oct 2012
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Child care should be a shared responsibility, presumably heterosexual ones. Child care was considered to be state intrusion and communism. It was argued that child care would be required in order for women to return to the workforce: all men and women will have equal opportunities in capitalism. Canadian advisory council on the status of women (cacsw) Established in 73 by the government of canada on the recommendation of the royal. We see some legislative changes around income tax. Service sector employed 70% of women: women can deduct the cost of child care from their incomes. A lot of industries that were previously closed to women started to open up, including the rcmp. We also saw the first female head of a university. During the 60s and 70s, there are still a lot of women with families that are affected. Divorce rates are starting to rise, and women are not doing well in court.
