SOC352H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nanny, Commodification
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Women choosing money over being with their families. Her (cid:449)ork is (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g her feel better that her kids will have money etc. Ca(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)he(cid:374) i (cid:373)a(cid:374) goes to (cid:449)ork its (cid:862)okay(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he"s pro(cid:448)idi(cid:374)g for the fa(cid:373)ily, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)he(cid:374) the (cid:373)other goes, she"s appare(cid:374)tly (cid:862)a(cid:271)a(cid:374)do(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) her (cid:272)hildre(cid:374). The globalization of care: international migration of asian women for care. Women migrate as main economic providers to support their family far away. East asian countries have emerged as popular destinations for many southeast asian women. Growth of the service sector employment: # of foreign caregivers and domestic helpers in taiwan increased 10x from 1995 to 2008. The growth of the international marriage market. Linkages between marriage migration and labour migration in a reproductive labour view. Paid reproductive labour: caregivers coming to provide care for $ but in asia we see a number of marriage migrants coming to provide unpaid reproductive labour.
