Women's Studies 2244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Wage Labour, Unemployment Benefits, Marilyn Waring

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2244
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Lecture 20 domestic labour in the global economy. 2 distinct labour processes which are necessary for the perpetuation of economic and social wellbeing; these processes are highly gendered. Wage labour (paid) > visible: sun to sun , never done , public domain (i. e. , workplace). Domestic labour (unpaid) > invisible: private domain (i. e. , home). Unpaid labour in the home is primarily done by women. Rendered invisible in economic analyses > feminist analysis makes domestic. If you"re not visible as a worker, then you"re not visible in the distribution of (shopping and making ends meet ). An international standard system of national accounts, the aim of which is to provide a national profile of economic activity and to enable international comparisons of all significant economic activity. Waring critiques this system from a feminist political economy perspective (this is shown in the film).