Linda Hirshman writes: >> Fortunately, jobs for women can be created by concentrating on professions >> that build the most important infrastructure — human capital. In 2007, women >> were 83 percent of social workers, 94 percent of child care workers, 74 >> percent of education, training and library workers (including 98 percent of >> preschool and kindergarten teachers and 92 percent of teachers' >> assistants... <<
David Shemano writes: > 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?< I think she's focusing on the current fact that women are disproportionately represented in these professions. That's not saying she likes it that way (though it might, since I don't know her thoughts). Stating a fact is not the same as endorsing it. > The much more amusing notion is that infrastucture is going to reduce > unemployment -- can't wait to see all of the fired mortgage brokers building > bridges and tunnels.< If the economy recovers (perhaps due to government investment in infrastructure), then the finance sector will grow again and sop these folks up. It's a version of the multiplier effect. Since the US economy is so centered on finance, it's hard to imagine that finance wouldn't be able to grab some of the flow of money that trickles down from infrastructural investment. (Or is it only the poor who benefit from trickle-down?) disingenuously yours, ;-) Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
