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I found the ending statement, “labor saving devices failed to liberate women from housework, on the contrary, women spent at least as much time as before meeting higher standards, and the sexual division of labor in the home was reinforced.” While I do agree with the statement concerning the division of labor, the author (in my opinion) puts a negative context on the ending that these devices are not as important as other devices that a household would purchase for more “masculine” duties. A few pages before the final remarks, Nebraska farm women compare the technology they wish for in relation to what their husbands have. At first when reading what they wanted, I did not think about how the devices of technology aimed towards men were more for becoming more efficient in production by saving time and money along with producing much more. This draws a parallel to that argument that the women make in both devices help men the home/work environment more efficient in the with their technology. – Megan Gallagher | I found the ending statement, “labor saving devices failed to liberate women from housework, on the contrary, women spent at least as much time as before meeting higher standards, and the sexual division of labor in the home was reinforced.” While I do agree with the statement concerning the division of labor, the author (in my opinion) puts a negative context on the ending that these devices are not as important as other devices that a household would purchase for more “masculine” duties. A few pages before the final remarks, Nebraska farm women compare the technology they wish for in relation to what their husbands have. At first when reading what they wanted, I did not think about how the devices of technology aimed towards men were more for becoming more efficient in production by saving time and money along with producing much more. This draws a parallel to that argument that the women make in both devices help men the home/work environment more efficient in the with their technology. – Megan Gallagher | ||
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| + | I found Kleinegger's idea of the masculinization of agriculture to be very interesting. Agriculture, to me, is primarily a male-gendered role, but she states, "Earliest times when primitive women were primarily responsible for agricultural productions" (p 171). And this masculinization consisted of "increased mechanization, specialization, capital outlay, and scientific expertise" (p 171). Although these definitely seem masculine, did that mean everything industrial was considered masculine now? Weren't there women workers too? With this she states that there were indeed women working when she talks about the early cheese producing factories and how cheeses were originally made by women in the home (p 171). But why then were women all of a sudden being pushed out of their once important roles on the farms? Was it only because the production entailed factory conditions? Because cheese production had now been masculinized? -Claire Brooks | ||
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