SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Our Common Future, Paul Hawken
25 Mar 2014
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Literally thousands of native cultures around the world have been destroyed by economic development. paul hawken. Women are beginning to re- enter the workforce. 1970s: the royal commission on the status of women. It was concerned with high levels of poverty among women, equities in the workplace, unavailability of child care. 1980s: women"s issues dominated the political landscape in the country. Every major political party pledged to create a national childcare system based on the medicare model: the caregiver role has been gendered. One is born male or female; one is learned masculinity or femininity: after 1945: governments are encouraging younger children to receive an education. Government becomes more involved in the care of the elderly, daughter work started to decline: women today are expected to work and come home and play the caregiver role. Women are expected to do a double day and by the 2000s, now a triple day.
