SOC214H1 Lecture Notes - Parenting, Market Segmentation, Family Wage
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Irony: on one hand, women are gaining significant gains in employment opportunities. (cid:120) 1970: over 1/3 of adult women in canada work outside of home for pay (cid:120) 2008: 62. 8% of women in the labour force (cid:120) Yet on the other hand the persistence of major work-related gender inequities. (cid:120) the persistence of inequity between men and women in the labour force is attributed to the key theme of women"s work as being undervalued. How do they become socially created? (cid:120) summary of marjorie cohen"s analysis: you have to take into consideration the contribution of households to the economy, which can be seen even prior to industrialization. Her research indicates that public and private spheres of market and household have been intertwined in diverse ways during all phases of economic development, with women always performing pivotal roles. Early ontario"s economy based on two staple exports wheat and timber, subject to unstable international markets.
