At 13:26 18/10/2006, doyle wrote:
Greetings Economists,
On Oct 18, 2006, at 9:28 AM, michael a. lebowitz wrote:
A tautology, no? What makes 'women's issues' not 'BIG, GENERAL,
IMPORTANT questions'?
Doyle;
Your question is to me the big question to clarify. Why aren't women's
issues not the Big General Important Questions? I think we can sketch
an answer that fits current experience but still have great difficulty
with a more in depth reply. Women's work (at home) is about personal
virtually one on one emotional connection. ...
Unless you are assuming that women (in contrast to men) are wired
this way, presumably social determination is what is producing this
division of labour--- in which case we approach a tautology.
m
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