Gender and Sexuality in a Globalizing Context.pptVIP

Gender and Sexuality in a Globalizing Context在全球化情境下的性別與性 Dr. Day Wong 黄結梅博士 Department of Sociology Hong Kong Baptist University daywong@.hk Gender as embedded in globalizing capitalism (Acker, 2003) Gendered construction of a division between capitalist production and human reproduction Gender as a resource for globalizing capital Masculinities in globalizing capitalism 1. Separation between capitalist production and human reproduction Production is organized around the goals of capital accumulation Corporate claims of non-responsibility for reproduction and maintenance of human life ? Starvation wage, long working hours, destruction of environment Labor movement + State intervention ? minimum wage, safe working condition, medical care, vacation and other benefits Separation between capitalist production and human reproduction 80s Reagan-Thatcher policy: deregulation of capital Unprecedented level of integration in finance, production, trade, telecommunications, and the media on a world-wide scale Global cities: NY, London, HK, Tokyo Affluent minorities in Western countries, urban elites and new middle classes in developing countries have more in common Separation between capitalist production and human reproduction restore non-responsibility of reproduction Subsistence/non-monetary economies-- peasant agriculture– displaced by corporate farming, cheap agricultural imports, deforestation International Monetary Funds demand structural adjustment policies ? decrease government spending, privatization Separation between capitalist production and human reproduction ? unemployment, the working poor, marginalized workers Reproduction of human life relies on women’s unpaid labor; Or on the low-paid work of women who provide care Two processes of global restructuring (Chang Ling, 2000) 1. Techno-muscular capitalism Integration of finance, technology, trade, production, telecommunication, and the media on a world-wide scale Ideology: Liberal capitalism Tec