PHIL 2500 Lecture Notes - Visible Minority, Job Sharing, Consumerism
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Should be able to argue using stone and coooperberg- use their inconsistencies. What would hooks change to make opting out more feminist friendly. So hooks would say that women themselves need to value their own work, not just those who are in power to value it. Western society says that careerism is the most valuable. Need to be an ideological change- what we value needs to change. Ideas that her theory rests on- (1)low wage work (factory or service work) they are not meaningful, creative jobs that lead to freedom or satisfaction. Women receive the message via sexist ideology that their work in the labour force is not valuable or contributes to society. It"s it out of financial necessity for themselves, but their not contributing to society at large. Full- time or career paths, they are considered good or contributing.