SWMS 210mgw Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Escalator, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Tax Evasion
Document Summary
Life in contemporary north america and western europe: Restrictions on natural rights and liberties: access to women"s bodies. Domestic abuse, child support payments, alimony, taxes. Subjugating minorities: global north to global south. Gay men tourists looking to have sex with younger men are seen as pedophiles, but straight men are not. Good old days vision of the west: dominican republic is like the u. s. Lacking protections for minorities, historically oppressed populations. State of nature civilization: loss of nature and natural rights due to the social contract, inclusion of women, racial others. Social contract: individuals (men) are self-interested and conflict with each other. Violating other people"s territory: seeing the self as property/territory. To gain property is to take away from others. Desire to return to the state of nature through third world racial others. Structural disparities: dominican republic was the first spanish colony, transferred to. France, goes back to spain, occupied by the u. s.
