SOAN 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Network Theory, Protestant Work Ethic, Deskilling
20 May 2016
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Marx (not much about gender, obviously about class), weber (some ideas about gender, a little sympathetic), and durkheim (women=domestic) Gender as irrelevant- women"s status or class position is dependent on that of her family (ie husband or father) Shulamith firestone- patriarchy and women"s role in biological reproduction of society as the. Base (very different and radical approach, she thought biological base for the subordination of women) Symbiotically derived approaches- patriarchy subordinates women socially and politically; capitalism exploits some women (as workers); capitalism and patriarchy are mutually dependent. Women"s double-day; the glass ceiling; cannot separate work done within the household from that done without; the valuation of work is socially constructed (recall waring, for example) Women more expected to do domestic duties regardless of whether women are in the workforce. Apple scandal= were offering to freeze women"s eggs so they didn"t have to take maternity leave/ could get ahead in their career.
