Sociology 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nuclear Family, Industrial Revolution, Canadian Alliance
8 Apr 2015
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Subsistence economies less differentiation between his" and her" spheres (everyone helped with housework, farming, etc. Family was more of an economic unit in this time) There was still differentiation between men and womens work but women were valued just as much as men. Impact of industrial revolution man in the workplace and women in the home". Productive work (work that you got paid for) moved into factories. Factory work paid; household work unpaid (big differentiation in what we considered to be disparity between men and women) Division of labour became gendered women primarily home-based. Women"s effort to leave home was met with resistance. Working class women always had to work (would often do this work in the home take in others laundry) caregiving jobs even in today"s day that are transferred from the home (teacher, nurse, cook, etc. ) Entered labour market in dramatic numbers were doing men"s jobs b/c men were not there.
