SOSC 1185 Lecture Notes - Occupational Segregation, Wage Labour, Double Burden

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1185
• Professor: Lee Wiggins

Document Summary

Winter handout lecture 2 gendered division of labour contemporary. Gendered division of labour contemporary: post war patterns: Organization of certain groups of workers into competitive. & service sector or the monopoly/state sectors: reserve labour of women phenomenon, relationships between domestic labour & wage labour - women are disadvantaged because of double day tasks so double committments. 2: lack of availability of daycare & other structural level support for women"s lived experiences. Ideology about women"s place vs. men"s place - a number of influential myths about gender, family & waged work. Family/household also functions as a unit of consumption which requires work: takes considerable time and energy, & requires skills. Many argue that expectations & time involved have intensified in modern era: challenge or problematize the idea that housework and mother work are a labour of love" & natural for women, along with other myths & stereotypes. Identify important myths about women and work, both in the family and waged.