Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Women and Poverty

"...women’s responsibility of child bearing and rearing, household management, and productive activities which give mounting pressures on their time and energy, have significant consequences for human resource development, agricultural productivity, and environmental sustainability. The risk of poverty is therefore greater for women than men. Thus, the sex of household head may be considered as a proxy variable for poverty. If a family is headed by a male, there is a prospect of higher income due to more time devoted to economic activities compared to a female-headed household whose responsibilities cover both economic and domestic functions. And if the risk is greater for women then the vicious cycle of poverty continuous as well as on the reliance and pressure on natural resources. Therefore, the higher the percentage of the community headed by a female, the higher is their pressure index to biodiversity."


I have angsts, too many angsts about domesticity and economic responsibilities. But, of course in performing both male and female duties (no matter how much i want to debunk these dualities, I'm just domestic superhero and nothing more), i don't have time to dwell on the angsts even if at times i almost drown on them.

If you're utterly domesticated and obliged to earn, then you read these kinds of scholarly stuff, what are you to feel?

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