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Re: AUT: Re: Fortunati

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On the question of the necessity for capital of the hierarchical sexual
division of labor.

I think first off, capital must have hierarchical divisions, and second that
no one form of division beyond class is necessary. That said, capital arose
from patriarchy -- which does not mean it could not supercede it. Capital was
also racist from day one, far as I can tell, creating racial hierarchies in
the divisions of labor. But capital could be color blind, in theory.

I suspect, however, in both cases (gender and race) only in theory -- as
divisions they are far too important to allow to be dispensed with. I do
agree with Harald that much housework has been commodified and waged,
responding primarily to the women's movement but also to the inefficiency of
having one adult raise only 2 children, making the children too expensive,
feeding the man's demand for more wages to support this family, etc. As for
men doing more housework, surveys in the US finds that the change has been
pretty minimal, women still do most of it, even when they work as many hours
outside the home as her male mate. \

Monty

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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>On the question of the necessity for capital of the hierarchical sexual division of labor.
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<BR>I think first off, capital must have hierarchical divisions, and second that no one form of division beyond class is necessary. That said, capital arose from patriarchy -- which does not mean it could not supercede it. Capital was also racist from day one, far as I can tell, creating racial hierarchies in the divisions of labor. But capital could be color blind, in theory.
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<BR>I suspect, however, in both cases (gender and race) only in theory -- as divisions they are far too important to allow to be dispensed with. I do agree with Harald that much housework has been commodified and waged, responding primarily to the women's movement but also to the inefficiency of having one adult raise only 2 children, making the children too expensive, feeding the man's demand for more wages to support this family, etc. As for men doing more housework, surveys in the US finds that the change has been pretty minimal, women still do most of it, even when they work as many hours outside the home as her male mate. \
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