Household Social Mobility for Paid Domestic Workers and Other Low-Skilled Women Employed in South Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2017.1414951
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper explores the theme of patronage by examining how the social mobility prospects of paid domestic workers differ from other vulnerable low-skilled black and colored women in post-apartheid South Africa. The literature provides… read more here.
Keywords: south africa; paid domestic; social mobility; domestic workers ... See more keywords
Absent men: paid domestic work, sexual exploitation and male domination in the family in the USA
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DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2017.1293941
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article analyzes the sexual exploitation of paid domestic workers in the US through the lens of male domination in employing families. Departing from the dominant tendency in studies of paid domestic work to… read more here.
Keywords: sexual exploitation; domestic workers; paid domestic; male domination ... See more keywords
Maintaining the Status Quo through Repressed Silences: The Case of Paid Domestic Labour in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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DOI: 10.1177/0038038520943103
Abstract: As competent social actors, we individually and collectively leave things unsaid that might threaten to disrupt the status quo. In this article, we outline an understanding of the unsaid and extend its implications to include… read more here.
Keywords: domestic labour; status quo; repressed silences; paid domestic ... See more keywords