Women and Work: Feminism, Labour and Social Reproduction.

Lively social campaigns have sprung up all over the world, revitalizing the women's movement and leading to a (re) surgent interest in feminism and feminist ideas. This section explores the evolution of feminist theories from equality feminism in the late eighteen (critiquing the gender division of labour), to social reproduction feminism in early nineteenth century (considering the contribution of paid and unpaid labour), and finally critical equality feminism in mid-nineteenth century. Part two looks at social reproduction feminism more closely and what differentiates it from socialism feminism: I 'while critical equality feminism asserts that women's oppression ends when capitalism is overturned, social reproduction feminism grapples with the logic behind that claim' i (p.5). [Extracted from the article]
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