SOC352H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Neoliberalism
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Gendered patterns of caring become fault-lines for the renegotiation of parental roles and responsibilities following divorce. Philip argues that looking at divorce re(cid:448)eals (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:272)ari(cid:374)g as a (cid:373)oral a(cid:374)d relatio(cid:374)al pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e. But feminists argue other ways of reasoning are important = care. Maternal practice > maternal thinking > ethics of care. Philip found examples of fathering > valuing care post-divorce. Fathers and mothers are subject to different parenting standards. Gains attached to unequal caregiving take on different meaning in divorce. 31% of canadian families use home day cares. Whe(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s histori(cid:272)ally unwaged care work enters the market: It challenges both our dualistic understanding of ideologies of caregiving and conventional defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374)s of (cid:862)(cid:449)ork(cid:863) but at the expense of distinguishing between work and family time. Women of colour disproportionately undertake the work of providing paid child care in private homes and must be careful about racial safety when accepting clients.
