Hi, Thanks for commenting. This is a short trailer I created for my presentation on Classical Theorists in Sociology. It would be hard to understand without some background knowledge. The quote that I used was from her book, Women & Economics written in (1898). "The labor of women in the house, certainly enable men to produce more than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses."-Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935).
The statement she wanted to make with that quote was that: 1. To be an economic factor in society, you must be able to exchange your labor(work) for something of value (money). 2. Since the labor most women did in the house did not earn them any money, she said that in that way women could be viewed as just the same as a hard working horse who just gets what his "master" decides to give him. 3. She stated women were also raised to "find a husband." So, then instead of cultivating the mind, they cultivated what would attract a mate. What she called, "sex-distinction." What makes women different from men, what attracts them.
I created this video with the question in mind, " Is this topic still relevant today?"
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Thanks for commenting. This is a short trailer I created for my presentation on Classical Theorists in Sociology. It would be hard to understand without some background knowledge. The quote that I used was from her book, Women & Economics written in (1898). "The labor of women in the house, certainly enable men to produce more than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses."-Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935).
The statement she wanted to make with that quote was that:
1. To be an economic factor in society, you must be able to exchange your labor(work) for something of value (money).
2. Since the labor most women did in the house did not earn them any money, she said that in that way women could be viewed as just the same as a hard working horse who just gets what his "master" decides to give him.
3. She stated women were also raised to "find a husband." So, then instead of cultivating the mind, they cultivated what would attract a mate. What she called, "sex-distinction." What makes women different from men, what attracts them.
I created this video with the question in mind, " Is this topic still relevant today?"
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