SOC425H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nanny, Feminist Theory, Structural Level
Document Summary
Solutions for reconciling the competing demands of paid and unpaid work in north and south: need for policies that provide decent work for both domestic and migrant workers. Important to increase incentives for men to take on greater share of unpaid labor and challenge cultural norms that associate women with certain kinds of domestic labor. Social reproduction: feminist political economy challenges neo-liberalism: feminist political economy studies social reproduction in the family-market-state nexus. In recent decades we have witnessed a feminization of international labour migration: women migrants from several countries outnumber men. Lack rights to bring their children with them. In some cases, states not only deny family rights but also are explicit in their denial of reproductive rights to migrant domestic workers. In singapore, for example, filipina domestic workers are required by the government to take pregnancy tests every few months. In some cases, migrant female workers have come from countries where they are exposed to contradictory messages.
