Cultural Globalization
Yasmin Arianna John
GLDP 525X-Globalization, Peace and Conflict
Dr. R.Riggs
Research Paper
Cultural Globalization: An Adversary or Advocate for Women’s Rights in Developing Countries
Introduction
Globalization has created a huge impact on the lives of women in developing nations whether it was negative or positive. The word Globalization is defined as “ a complex economic, political, cultural, and geographic process in which mobility of capital, organization, ideas, discourse and peoples has taken a global or transnational form”[1]. The establishment of international free trade policies, such as North American Free Trade and GATT, transnational corporations are using the profit motive to guide their companies towards developing nations in search of inexpensive female labor. Companies prefer female labors because they are considered weaker in the physical sense and are able to do anything in order to have a job. Companies prefer female labor over male labor because women are considered to be compliant workers. In most developing nations, certain types of work, such as garment assembly is widely popular due to most developed nations such as United States needing other people to do the work usually opt for developing nations to do that for them. The work of garment assembly is considered to be an extension of female household roles. Therefore, cultural influences in developing nations also impacts employment stratification which eventually leads to high demand of employment for women in developing nations. Even though there is high rate of employment for females in developing nations. Has globalization really work for females? Some can argue that globalization has given females their independence but has it really free them. Cultural globalization can be viewed as the stepping stone for protecting women’s rights in developing nations. As defined by many scholars, cultural globalization is the rapid movement of ideas, attitudes, and values across national
GLDP 525X-Globalization, Peace and Conflict
Dr. R.Riggs
Research Paper
Cultural Globalization: An Adversary or Advocate for Women’s Rights in Developing Countries
Introduction
Globalization has created a huge impact on the lives of women in developing nations whether it was negative or positive. The word Globalization is defined as “ a complex economic, political, cultural, and geographic process in which mobility of capital, organization, ideas, discourse and peoples has taken a global or transnational form”[1]. The establishment of international free trade policies, such as North American Free Trade and GATT, transnational corporations are using the profit motive to guide their companies towards developing nations in search of inexpensive female labor. Companies prefer female labors because they are considered weaker in the physical sense and are able to do anything in order to have a job. Companies prefer female labor over male labor because women are considered to be compliant workers. In most developing nations, certain types of work, such as garment assembly is widely popular due to most developed nations such as United States needing other people to do the work usually opt for developing nations to do that for them. The work of garment assembly is considered to be an extension of female household roles. Therefore, cultural influences in developing nations also impacts employment stratification which eventually leads to high demand of employment for women in developing nations. Even though there is high rate of employment for females in developing nations. Has globalization really work for females? Some can argue that globalization has given females their independence but has it really free them. Cultural globalization can be viewed as the stepping stone for protecting women’s rights in developing nations. As defined by many scholars, cultural globalization is the rapid movement of ideas, attitudes, and values across national