reparations & exploitation

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Fri Mar 9 15:26:10 PST 2001



>Miles Jackson wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, but what about the men who don't have to swab the toilet?
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>
>>Yes, systematic, institutionalized sexism. No doubt about it.
>>But if we say "second shift = men exploiting women", I still
>>think we're missing an important aspect of the exploitation that's
>>going on here.
>
>But isn't that a form of uncompensated labor. It's not mediated by
>money, but men sure derive benefit from it. Well, some men; me, I'm
>a domestic angel.
>
>Doug

Does that mean that you are being exploited by a woman in your life? Or do you derive pleasure from serving your Mistress? :-)

Yoshie



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