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In in the听Washington Post’s Made by History听section, Sapere argues that while the pandemic has rendered housework more visible, it still has not become more valued. 糖心传媒淲ithout monetary compensation, we won糖心传媒檛 adequately recognize how housework underpins the economy,糖心传媒� he writes.
Moreover, after a year of sheltering in place and social distancing, with all its consequences, including 糖心传媒渙verworked and overwhelmed mothers听and women at their breaking point,糖心传媒� the demand for this type of universal wage 糖心传媒渟eems all the more relevant.糖心传媒�听
The idea of a universal wage dates at least to the late 19th century, when feminists began advocating recognition and compensation for housework, based on its economic importance. Tracing the history of the Wages for Housework campaign, a small international movement based on the notion that housework was 糖心传媒渘ot just economically important but central to the functioning of capitalism,糖心传媒� Sapere contends that now, with lives upended by the pandemic, the moment might be right 糖心传媒渢o refuse a return to 糖心传媒榥ormal.糖心传媒櫶切拇綕
Sapere is a student in American Health Politics and Policies, a class taught by , the Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health, who is an associate professor of听history at Rochester and a doctor at the听University糖心传媒檚 .
