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Week 3 Learning Summary
What we have looked at in week 3
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Well done for finishing Week 3 of the course!
We hope you have enjoyed learning about the complex and enmeshed histories of work and care in the modern world. It’s a good idea to take a moment to reflect on what you have learnt.
This week you have:
- Looked at the ways in which the modern world had been marked by gendered distinctions between work and care – paid and unpaid, formal and informal, valued and undervalued.
- Become familiar with varying feminist ideas about work and care and engaged with the ‘Wages for Housework’ debate.
- Explored the gender pay gap and historical protests for equal pay and fair recognition of women’s unpaid labour.
- Discovered the working lives of women and the gendering of care provision and compensation in early modern patriarchal societies.
- Learnt about the gendered and social implications of deindustrialisation. Explored how material culture can reveal overlooked aspects of gender relations in the home and at work.
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How have you found this week? Did you find anything particularly interesting or surprising?
What are you looking forward to learning next week?
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