Women do a lot of unpaid work in this society. Women also do most of the lower wage work. The economy does not recognize this work to really any great degree at all.
The truth is that most work that brings in a dollar value happens because there are predominantly women who are behind the scenes caring for children, doing housework, caring for elderly relatives, cooking, etc, etc. But rarely is a dollar value attributed to this. It's often considered "leisure" time, it's unrecorded, it's considered non-productive.
Marilyn Waring exposes this lack of balance. She is a Feminist Economist. We watched this video in class. Very eye opening!
She suggests that instead of recording dollars, perhaps we should record how time is used. When she charted that, it really shows how men's days are much shorter than women's days when it comes to time use.
If you have ever felt like all the hard work that you do has little or no value as a mom, because no one attaches a dollar value to it, you may want to watch this!
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