Anthro 2a Note
Begin at 4:30
Daughters working for wages (what does that do in terms of family life?) Daughters do a lot of chores, so brother can study Creates many opportunities Women are working outside and bringing money back into household Changes in authority in household Working sisters over brothers, sisters in control Working daughter & mother decide how to spend money
Employing a female work force Microchip assembly is done by all women Keep wages low, avoid benefits, etc. Wage work is temporary Cultural expectation to get married and start a family Avoid the inefficiencies that are associated with the deteriorating eyesight of workers After years of looking through a microscope, the eye sight begins to go They get migraines At this point, women are leaving the start a family Management can tip local structures of patriarchal authority to ensure worker compliance Docile bodies (workers wanna create) Don’t want workers who are gonna strike/organize unions “Female workers” with “male supervisor” would women change? Gender constraints in village Hire women workers with male supervisors Reproduction of patriarchy in the factory Use family terms for employee relations (worker supervisor/managers) Prayer halls in factory Arrange tours for the parent Contrast to village
Stress for women, men constantly looking over them telling them they arent’t working fast enough
Capitalist discipline in the factory “a kind of power” - attribute of person (a characteristic, a quantity we possess, to control) What does it do? How does it do it? Power of surveillance: big guys is watching you, being watched, makes women become better workers Supervisors walking around, supervisor doesn’t have power, he is part of the machinery, presence of supervisor change the behavior of women 2 way mirrors: one side is a window, other side is a mirror *****Note: the big eye is gender male Reproduce patriarchy authority
Daughters working for wages (what does that do in terms of family life?) Daughters do a lot of chores, so brother can study Creates many opportunities Women are working outside and bringing money back into household Changes in authority in household Working sisters over brothers, sisters in control Working daughter & mother decide how to spend money
Employing a female work force Microchip assembly is done by all women Keep wages low, avoid benefits, etc. Wage work is temporary Cultural expectation to get married and start a family Avoid the inefficiencies that are associated with the deteriorating eyesight of workers After years of looking through a microscope, the eye sight begins to go They get migraines At this point, women are leaving the start a family Management can tip local structures of patriarchal authority to ensure worker compliance Docile bodies (workers wanna create) Don’t want workers who are gonna strike/organize unions “Female workers” with “male supervisor” would women change? Gender constraints in village Hire women workers with male supervisors Reproduction of patriarchy in the factory Use family terms for employee relations (worker supervisor/managers) Prayer halls in factory Arrange tours for the parent Contrast to village
Stress for women, men constantly looking over them telling them they arent’t working fast enough
Capitalist discipline in the factory “a kind of power” - attribute of person (a characteristic, a quantity we possess, to control) What does it do? How does it do it? Power of surveillance: big guys is watching you, being watched, makes women become better workers Supervisors walking around, supervisor doesn’t have power, he is part of the machinery, presence of supervisor change the behavior of women 2 way mirrors: one side is a window, other side is a mirror *****Note: the big eye is gender male Reproduce patriarchy authority