It's Not Just Biology | Feminist Economics Part 1

💁‍♀️In the first episode of #FeministEconomics, Professor Jayati Ghosh introduces the importance of a gender perspective in economics. It begins with the recognition of "care work", that is the unpaid labor time undertaken primarily by women in the care of children and other members of the family. This produces a gender division of labor and construction of society, which gives men priority in the formal economic sphere, and relegates women to an auxiliary or peripheral role. As a result, women are a unique type of economic actor, as care work is often not accounted for in economic theory, measures or policy. Yet the rest of the economy could not operate without it. Our understanding of the economy, prosperity and poverty remains incomplete.

🙌Credits: Jayati Ghosh, Nancy Folbre, Matthew Kulvicki, Nick Alpha, Gonçalo Fonseca, Kurt Semm

[Zygote]

Unrecognised labour provided by women in private households is such an important discussion to have. Part of the reason why it has gone unrecognized for so long I think can be attributed to the naturalization of the patriarchal family structures as developed in the nineteenth-century colonial context as an organizing trope for marshaling a bewildering array of cultures into a single, global narrative ordered and managed by Europeans.
For a critical critique of this naturalization of this all pervasive narrative, I suggest reading the book by Angela Willey with the provocative title "Undoing monogamy : the politics of science and the possibilities of biology".

[poppysunsettlingstories]

Too bad the comments are so bad on this one. I enjoyed. Fascinating and intelligent. No wonder the trolls came grumping.

[abid]

I am here while doing literature review about a prospective topic around gender inequality and economic development

This is mind boggling

[michelleblair]

Interesting concepts I will try to learn more about because of this video: “time poverty” and “unpaid labor” as components of the economic outcomes we observe.

And I am pleased to hear a non-Western economic voice in such an important conversation. Thanks Prof. Ghosh and iNet.

[mereonic]

Brilliant! thank you very much Professor Jayati for this series. great insights into feminist economics for a newbie like me. fully appreciate the direct, relatable examples, especially from the global south experiences. Really thought-provoking and empowering!!

[T-ta-tu]

Thank you, professor Jayati. This is eye-opening. Just came across this series and love it.

[Norascats]

Her insights are much needed in the world.

[cunninghamia]

Thank you for sharing this video which provides clearly feminist economics perspectives. It's really helpful.

[khaimgulkovich]

Self-care, offspring care, community care—are all labor. Therefore, they ought to be officially recognized as such and institutionalized. For instance, motherhood ought to be recognized as profession.

[tumwizukyejosephssekide]

It's quite interesting to regard the home chores as leisure for women then the men leisure activities be games, !Unfair

[claudiaochoacruz]

So interesting!! I fully agree, it is very important to carry out egalitarian social constructions of gender and also to construct new epistemologies with an egalitarian point of view. The difference in earnings between women and men is just the tip of the iceberg. It is necessary to develop epistemological proposals from philosophy to economics!! Thank you for sharing it!!

[tumbleweed]

I'm getting chills on how much wisdom the women in this video have. LET HER COOK

[mionanik]

Wow! What a great explanation of gender roles in the economy! How insightful.

[vansonthewall]

Glad to see care work coming into mainstream economics, Federici's work deserves more attention! Really great video, with unfortunately a lot of comments from folks who clearly misunderstood or haven't engaged with feminist economics in good faith.

[SwarnaSVepa]

Very good video and makes it easy to understand gendered distribution of Income and burden

[harrisjm]

So what is the big picture here? Whats the solution? Is it to have everything unpaid become paid, commodify everything?

So should we only shop, cook, clean, fuck, and take care of others when its our specialized profession? Is that the future Ghosh is getting at?

Or is it the opposite where we get rid of money and payments altogether?

Some of these things I can see solutions for. If women are being taken advantage of in solo bargaining sessions, we should have industry wide unions like Sweden where wages are set through unionized collective bargaining. But I don't get the overall end game here if there is one.

[abid]

I am working on gender economics and wish to get in touch with her !

[sebastiaankruis]

11:42

The public often misunderstands what "rationality" means in economics, and I'm a bit sad that even she doesnt quite understand it, even though she seems to have listened to at least a few economy classes. It doesnt have to mean maximizing "material gain or leisure". It can include everything measurable that people want, including free time, the health of the environment, biodiversity, etc.

So the notion that "caretaking is not possible" in mainstream economic models is not true. While traditional models that students learn in university often dont include these factors, you can include the utility of other agents in your own utility function.

Still an interesting video though.

[takahashiryouhei]

すごく分かりやすかったです。
大変勉強になりました。
また我が身を振り返り深く絶望を感じました。
製作者に感謝申し上げます。

[mari_arzan]

what kind of trolling is this?..self-contradictory ideological nightmare with deliberate omission of logical steps and whole chunks of evidence - everything to ensure reaching the predermined conclusion... what a shame...