GWST 3510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wage Labour, Victorian Morality, Deskilling
16 Dec 2016
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There are very few tasks that are not assigned by labour, as it is a way in which we organize our society. 500,000 to 2 million when the europeans first arrived. The history is gleaned from what christian missionaries and explorers documented about them. They documented some of the tribal societies in canada. The clash between european and aboriginal culture: different values. We must consider the fact that people didn"t live long years old: aboriginal peoples: 25 years. Even in the european society in the late 18th century. Implications for gender relations, as it meant that people had less time to procreate. In these societies, partnerships formed early in life and they established tight-knit families. Women were given value and respect based on their reproductive abilities. Women were not completely subordinate to men because they had access to various things. They aren"t organized according to notions of private property.
