Women

1

• Women the Household

2
Feminization of Poverty

• Poverty is greater among women than men.

3
What is a Family?

• Structural definition
• Functional definition
• Composition

4
Composition of Family

• male-breadwinner families now below 27 of the
  total of all Canadian families
• dual-earner families that predominate (73)

5
Three Models of Family

• patriarchal model
• individual responsibility model
• social responsibility model

6
Patriarchal Model

• the husband was considered the undisputed master
  of the family and the wife was subsumed
  economically and socially under her husband

7
Individual responsibility model

• Assumes gender equality
• Gender-neutral policies
• Privatizes caregiving

8
Social responsibility model

• Assumes gender inequality
• Gender-sensitive policies
• Social provisions for care

9
Women Caring

• Women share unequally in dependant care
• Caring is NOT as highly regarded as working
• Women tend to draw benefits from minimum income
  programs
• spouse-in-the-house rule

10
Labour Market Problems

• Women are overrepresented in part-time, temporary
  low-paying jobs
• Women still earn less than men for doing the same
  jobs
• Women still face discrimination in employment
  practices

11
Labour Market Problems

• Women tend to hold primary responsibility for
  care and household chores
• Child care provisions are deteriorating
• Child support payments from absent fathers is
  often inadequate or not paid at all