It talks about the nurturant care work. "The association of nurturant care with women is historically contingent rather than inevitable".(113) Is this the thesis of this article?
Kang, after reading "Doing the Dirty Work", in regards to your question, I came to the conclusion that the sentence you mentioned is just part of her this thesis. Duffy's thesis is way more larger in the way that its portrayed all throughout the article. Although a thesis may seem to be just one sentence you can tell that the sentences around the sentence you mentioned are also stating the same thing. When she refers to "nurturant care with women is historically contingent rather than inevitable" , she does state her opinion clearly but at the same she tries to make it a fact. Its quite similar to the sentence where she talks about "looking out side the bounds of nurturance" (I26)she also is stating the same issue or fact but still gives her opinion.
Kang- the phrase you quoted is part of Duffy's thesis. Noelia- yes, Duffy's thesis is larger than just the issue of relationship between nurturant care work and femininity. The sentences in that first, introductory paragraph do not state "the same thing." What is Duffy calling our attention to in this introductory paragraph, and the entire chapter as you note Noelia, regarding care work? What factors, according to Duffy, do we fail to account for when we simply analyze care work as a feminine and therefore not masculine?
Kang, after reading "Doing the Dirty Work", in regards to your question, I came to the conclusion that the sentence you mentioned is just part of her this thesis. Duffy's thesis is way more larger in the way that its portrayed all throughout the article. Although a thesis may seem to be just one sentence you can tell that the sentences around the sentence you mentioned are also stating the same thing. When she refers to "nurturant care with women is historically contingent rather than inevitable" , she does state her opinion clearly but at the same she tries to make it a fact. Its quite similar to the sentence where she talks about "looking out side the bounds of nurturance" (I26)she also is stating the same issue or fact but still gives her opinion.
ReplyDeleteKang- the phrase you quoted is part of Duffy's thesis.
ReplyDeleteNoelia- yes, Duffy's thesis is larger than just the issue of relationship between nurturant care work and femininity. The sentences in that first, introductory paragraph do not state "the same thing." What is Duffy calling our attention to in this introductory paragraph, and the entire chapter as you note Noelia, regarding care work? What factors, according to Duffy, do we fail to account for when we simply analyze care work as a feminine and therefore not masculine?