Demography Flashcards
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Migration
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Feminisation of Migration:
- Fit patriarchal stereotypes which creates a global gendered divsion of labour
- Ehrenriech and Hochschild obersve that care wprl, domestic and sex work is done by women from poor countries
A result of four things =
1. Expansion of service occupation demanding female labour
2. Western women are in the labour force and less likely to perform domestic labour
3. Western men remain unwilling to perform domestic labour
4. The failure of the state to provide adequate chilfcare.
There is a global transfer of womens emotional labour meaning migrant nannies emigrate to care for employers children