Sociology 2239 Lecture Notes - Constant Capital
10 Dec 2013
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Increasing number of women participate in paid workforce. Less of feminism movement more of economic necessity. Women have to work to survive, need a dual-income household. Men still expect more household work from women. Men are not doing more as more women work. If work is not done you won"t survive. It is not valued or appreciated regardless of its importance. It doesn"t make money* (constant capital)+(variable capital)=(capital with surplus value) bourgeois reproductive (exchange value) done by women (no exchange value) If women stopped doing housework and care work the economy would collapse. About micro issues and negotiating between individual couples. Find egalitarian husband and work will be shared (myth) Take child out less, clean less frequently, ask for outside help (family, friends, pay) Part-time work and the gender division of labour. How part-time work defines and shapes how women/mothers do housework. Change from full-time to part-time vs. not working to part-time.
