Are you what you do?
I don't think people are the work they do because a job doesn't define who you are. For example people with domestics job are not just people who clean and do hard labor. They have lives outside of their work. As Duffy writes "Cleaning , food, and laundry tasks are overwhelmingly associated with women... " (4). That doesn't mean she is just a cleaning woman and nothing else.
I agree a person's occupation does not define their identity . I like your reference to when Duffy points out that domestic duties are usually associated with women, and your point that a woman isn't just a cleaning lady but she is an individual.Occupations have been gendered by society, and have caused both men and women to be defined by these jobs as gender instead of how well they perform their duties. For women especially, being defined by domestic jobs makes them appear limited and confined to a certain image the household image.
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