Sociology 2169 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Human Capital, Social Class, Cultural Capital
8 Apr 2016
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Were engaging in activity that is essential to maintain and reproduce individuals, families and their residences. Paid and unpaid work are interdependent and are gendered. One could not exsist without the other. Meg luxton (pioneer marxist feminist) more than a labour of love: Key components: meetings household needs, producing labour power. Integral tasks: housework, childbearing and childrearing, consumption work. Significant change in how we take care of our children. Hays raising children is guided by 3 societal beliefs: mothers should be central caregivers, kids come first, child-rearing is more important than paid work. Appropriate for childrearing to be child centered, that its expert guided, emotionally absorbing, labour intensive, financially expensive. Post partum depression = comes from the isolation of raising children in our society. Shopping someone needs to buy things for the household. Budgeting, who can spend it, how to spend it. Making sure the household has everything it needs to function on a day to day basis.
