[S6 E06] New
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues to explore the ways our upbringing within gender roles impact our relationship to society, and specifically, why it’s mostly men who commit acts of mass violence. Women traditionally occupy the role of “care worker” and learn to relate differently through the act of caring. Those care occupations, however, are some of the lowest paid and are highly undervalued. Other countries, such as New Zealand and Sweden, are exploring different ways of addressing both how children are raised in relation to gender as well as how to pay care workers a wage that reflects the skill and value of the work. Dr. Fraad looks at how these countries are making positive change and explores what we can learn from them.
*Note: The current number of COVID deaths in New Zealand, according to the World Health Organization, is approximately 2,560. The statistic used by Dr. Harriet Fraad was from the first 2 years of the pandemic in New Zealand.
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Referenced Work:
Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona by Barbara Kingsolver