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How does the work of feminist theorists and researchers challenge orthodox sociological understandings of work, employment and
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How does the work of feminist theorists and researchers challenge orthodox sociological understandings of work, employment and the professions? There is a wealth of sociological literature concerned with understanding work, employment and the professions but until recently there has been little concern with women and work. For many years, sociologists concentrated on the work of white males and on paid employment. But since the Second World War there has been a gradual increase of women entering the labour market thus creating an interest in the work carried out by women. There has also been a great feminist interest in the sociology of work, employment and the professions and this has both challenged and increased traditional understandings of work. Classical approaches to work almost ignore gender in their explanations or at least view it as being irrelevant. Marx saw women's exploitation as a product of capitalism although this was true of all workers...
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