R SOC355 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: List Of Auto Parts, W. M. Keck Observatory, Structural Inequality
31 May 2016
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Social transformation feminism: transformation of the gendered social relations from inequality to equality. Transformational: requires social, political, and economic changes as it pursues a vision of a society that does not (yet) exist. Require changing the social structure of societies. Agricultural, industrial and state restructuring brought changes in local employment opportunities, both affecting livelihoods that include social supports for the employed and unemployed. Major driver of ontario economy, employing a fluctuating 100,000 or so people in hundreds of urban and rural production facilities. Ontario manufacturing communities, whose futures seemed uncertain in the 1990s. As the number of workers expanded, more women were hired. Despite the attraction of higher wages in the auto industry, women find that volatility in the sector undermines family life. Male-dominated auto workplaces are often hostile environments for women. Challenges restraining women from emerging opportunities for women"s employment in the industry, on and off the job, are dealt with by:
