WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Nuclear Family, Neoliberalism, Social Reproduction
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20th century organized and publisc state-led provision of care. Government intervenes to level playing field, not everything should be commodified, limits on markets. State: source of employment for women, they are key consumers of welfare, shapes gender relations. Maternalism: women as mothers, biologically and naturally, since they can take care of the household, they should be needed in the larger home (the state: heteronormative nuclear family, non-working wife, male breadwinner. There was support for women whose husbands couldn"t work. Poor is a burden of society, should support themselves. Need to shift the boundaries of social reproduction. Not just based on need, now it is based on your work of how actively you are looking for work. Wanted to look at poverty as a personal problem, they want people to take responsibility. Forces people into minimum wage, poor quality jobs (marble slab) for their own wellbeing: neoliberal.
