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Doing the Dirty Work: Gender, Race, and Reproductive Labor in Historical Perspective

Duffy, Mignon·2007·Gender & Society
DOI 10.1177/0891243207300764
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The concept of reproductive labor is central to an analysis of gender inequality, including understanding the devaluation of cleaning, cooking, child care, and other “women's work” in the paid labor force. This article presents historical census data that detail transformations of paid reproductive labor during the twentieth century. Changes in the organization of cooking and cleaning tasks in the paid labor market have led to shifts in the demographics of workers engaged in these tasks. As the context for cleaning and cooking work shifted from the dominance of private household servants to include more institutional forms, the gender balance of this reproductive labor workforce has been transformed, while racial-ethnic hierarchies have remained entrenched. This article highlights the challenges to understanding occupational segregation and the devaluation of reproductive labor in a way that analyzes gender and race-ethnicity in an intersectional way and integrates cultural and structural explanations of occupational degradation.

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Authors
Duffy, M.
Venue
Gender & Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2007-06
Volume
21
Issue
3
Pages
313-336
ISSN
  • 0891-2432 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3977
DOI
10.1177/0891243207300764
OpenAlex
W1989070167
Cited by
377
References
49
FWCI
17.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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