WOMENST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thilo Sarrazin, Family Values, Endangerment
13 Apr 2015
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The state and the public/private divide: all states engage to a certain degree i establishing, maintaining, and policing the divide between the public and the private spheres. Pensions and taxes: the state (in western liberal democracies) is the main organizer of the power relations of gender. (pettman) Easy to note distinctions, once you go looking for them: Laws that govern voting, holding property, speaking in court. Laws that govern out-of-home employment: tax and pension regulations that enforce particular family constellations, payment differentials and discriminatory policies in employment tolerated. Men"s status as full citizens relies, historically, on their. More difficult to suss out: the representational role women fulfill articulating the state"s. Idealized race, class, and morality: conveyors of culture, customs, songs, religion, ethics, cuisine, and language. ***women"s domestic role is crucial to the nation0state"s self-understanding: therefore, it isn"t private after all. Anti- islamic political & cultural sentiment in france, holland, denmark, belgium, germany.
