The Guardian view on women’s unpaid labour: attitudes have shifted, but the burden hasn’t | Editorial
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The Guardian view on women’s unpaid labour: attitudes have shifted, but the burden hasn’t | Editorial
Globally, the UN has reported that women do at least two-and-a-half times more household and care work than men, equivalent to 10%-39% of the gross domestic product of member states. In the US, analysis suggests that women – who make up half of the paid workforce – account for almost 80% of the unpaid domestic work: worth around $3.6tn a year. Yet ... See more
The Guardian • The Guardian view on women’s unpaid labour: attitudes have shifted, but the burden hasn’t | Editorial
Hard data about women doing majority of unpaid labour - and its not accounted for in GDP calculations
In 1987, just under half the population – 48% – still believed that a man’s main job was to earn money, and a woman’s to look after the home, according to the British Social Attitudes survey. By 2022 that had plummeted to 9%. Yet while the proportion of women in full-time jobs has soared, the burden of domestic labour still falls unfairly on their ... See more
The Guardian • The Guardian view on women’s unpaid labour: attitudes have shifted, but the burden hasn’t | Editorial
Beliefs and attitudes have changed but the reality for mothers hasn’t - they continue to do the majority of unpaid labour
Some activists demanded wages as a practical solution, while others saw the idea as a tool for challenging deeper systemic issues. In Prof Callaci’s words, it was “the starting point for a more fundamental transformation of our political imagination: the conjuring of a world organized around care rather than capitalist growth, the destruction of th... See more
The Guardian • The Guardian view on women’s unpaid labour: attitudes have shifted, but the burden hasn’t | Editorial
Wages for housework movement (and evolution) - an idea to recenter the world around what we care for, rather than what produces the most economic value (capitalism)
The Guardian view on women’s unpaid labour: attitudes have shifted, but the burden hasn’t
The Guardian • The Guardian view on women’s unpaid labour: attitudes have shifted, but the burden hasn’t | Editorial
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