Re: [Pen-l] a feminist angle

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 9, 2008, at 1:04 PM, David B. Shemano wrote:

> So present day feminism is acceptance that men will be construction  
> workers and women will be be social workers, teachers and  
> librarians?  I am glad present day feminism has finally caught up  
> with the 1950s.  Does this mean the gender wars are over and we can  
> go back to having fun like they do on Mad Men?

It doesn't have to accept that division of labor. There's no reason  
why you couldn't construct a retrofitting program with an affirmative  
action component to train women to be carpenters and plumbers.

Some years ago, my wife, Liza Featherstone, wrote a piece on  
vocational education in New York City. It's still deeply gendered even  
at the high school level, with women steered into hairdressing and men  
into auto repair. That doesn't have to be.

Doug
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