JSTOR Daily – News with a scholarly slant. Damn Son, I’m going to be all over that site. :)
From the article on Gender and Family Farms:
“Scott writes that all 23 women interviewed for the paper described doing both male and female chores. Men, on the other hand, talked mostly about male labor. Unless specifically asked, only a third of the men interviewed mentioned any work traditionally done by women. One apple grower described his orchard as a one-man business that his son would eventually inherit, with his wife and daughter only minimally involved. But, in a separate interview, his wife said that while her husband and son took care of the trees, she handled seedlings in the nursery, coordinated sales, hired seasonal labor, kept the books, and helped make decisions. She also mentioned that their daughter ran the farm’s fruit stand.
The men were also more likely to emphasize male ownership of family enterprises—“my grandfather’s farm” or “my tractor.” In contrast, the women usually referred to “my grandmother and grandfather’s farm” or “our tractor.”
Yet more evidence that male socialization is has a strong overlay of patriarchal bullshit. The best part is that until you take the time to read and think about it, patriarchy remains invisible, the monster in the tall reeds and bushes who influences everything and everyone yet, cannot be named or described to the uninitiated.
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December 31, 2015 at 7:31 am
robert browning
Thanks, again, for another perspective that may be useful. The concept of virginity from a recent reference was instantly groked by my visiting brother. Good stuff.
BTW, and it’s not a biggie, “liking” an article or comment is problematic with your WordPress or whatever: I get “error” here “error” there- and it says I’m logged in; seems to be too much fuss..
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December 31, 2015 at 9:07 am
stchauvinism
Reblogged this on Stop Trans Chauvinism.
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December 31, 2015 at 7:10 pm
jasonjshaw
Chances are the farmers would say this regardless of the gender of the people looking after the little things surrounding the orchard that aren’t taking care of the existing orchard trees themselves. Are there examples to prove this is a gender-related issue and not a short-sighted duty-related issue?
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January 1, 2016 at 5:31 am
The Intransigent One
@jasonjshaw – to answer your question it would be necessary to study family farms where labour isn’t divided along traditional gender lines. Which is happening all over the place because farming families are such a radical and socially transgressive lot. What a dreadful oversight by the researchers not to have included these families, or perhaps orchards run by lesbian collectives (also very common), as controls!
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