Dynamics of Sexual Division of Labour and Capital Accumulation: Women Lace Workers of Narsapur
Maria Mies
The author Maria
Mies, in her article “Dynamics of Sexual Division of Labour and Capital
Accumulation: Women Lace Workers of Narsapur” talks about women’s contribution to
the labour force where they often contribute more than men. Contrary to their
contribution, most of their work is unrecognized as it does not result in any
direct monetary addition to the income of the household. This is the case even
if their work results in a considerable saving to the family or result in an
increase in the quality of life of the family members.
These women are
broadly classified as “non-working housewives” and are further discriminated
based on their caste and class. Hence, through the Marxian perspective of
class, these women are socially positioned and given a place at the bottom of the
social hierarchy in a way exploitive of their labour.
The lace
industry in India was highly dominated but women but when it became well known
for being profitable, these women were slowly side-lined by the entry of capitalist
men who eventually came to dominate the industry.
Hence what I observed
was that people of both the sexes are required to work but the society, where the
men are expected to work to earn money, the other is only required to serve the
ones that earn.
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