Women and Work

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This paper deals with women and work and uses liberal feminism and socialist feminism to explain three aspects of female labour participation. It also attempts to answer how John Stuart Mill and Charlotte Bunch might each respond to the recent legalization of same-sex marriages in Canada.

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"More than half of all women are in the labour force. Yet, women form the majority of the part-time and temporary workforce. In the last fifty years in particular, there has been considerable change in our ideology that has enabled women to be more present in the workforce. Our view of gender roles has somewhat change, thanks the women's movement, especially liberal feminism and to more female representation in all walks of life (politics, business, media, etc). But the participation of women in the workforce has also become an economic necessity, because there are less secure full-time jobs and many families today need the dual income. The liberal feminist movement has been largely ..."

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