Feminization of Poverty
Feminization of Poverty
I think when the author used the term “the feminization of poverty” he was talking about the the major struggle that many women deal with in the world today. Women not only make less money, but normally with a broken family, the woman is the one who has to support themselves and the children. Unless you have a great paying job, many times it is a struggle to live even with two incomes. For a female it is hard to get a job that a man can get, and even if they do get it, they do not get paid what a man would because a woman can not do all of the things that a man can. Our text states “Worldwide, a third of all households are headed by women. Because women receive less income than men in all countries, and because they are so much more likely than men to bear the expenses of childrearing alone when a family is headed by one parent, it is not surprising that women are generally poorer than men.” (Crappo, 2013) Women would be more vulnerable to living in poverty because they do not make the money men make, and again, many times they are found supporting the children by themselves which means they have no “extra” money and sometimes they do not have the money to support what little they do have. There are many cultural factors that contribute to this. Many people still think that women should be at home raising the kids, cooking, and cleaning. With that comes many people that do not think a woman is capable of doing certain jobs. In some countries women are still not allowed to work.
Crapo, R.H. (2013). Culture Anthropology. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education.
I think when the author used the term “the feminization of poverty” he was talking about the the major struggle that many women deal with in the world today. Women not only make less money, but normally with a broken family, the woman is the one who has to support themselves and the children. Unless you have a great paying job, many times it is a struggle to live even with two incomes. For a female it is hard to get a job that a man can get, and even if they do get it, they do not get paid what a man would because a woman can not do all of the things that a man can. Our text states “Worldwide, a third of all households are headed by women. Because women receive less income than men in all countries, and because they are so much more likely than men to bear the expenses of childrearing alone when a family is headed by one parent, it is not surprising that women are generally poorer than men.” (Crappo, 2013) Women would be more vulnerable to living in poverty because they do not make the money men make, and again, many times they are found supporting the children by themselves which means they have no “extra” money and sometimes they do not have the money to support what little they do have. There are many cultural factors that contribute to this. Many people still think that women should be at home raising the kids, cooking, and cleaning. With that comes many people that do not think a woman is capable of doing certain jobs. In some countries women are still not allowed to work.
Crapo, R.H. (2013). Culture Anthropology. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education.