Privilege and White Privilege

Ruth HartleyIdentity, Power, Race, Poilitics,, Privilege2 Comments

Privilege Privilege as a distinction between people or classes or societies is never going to disappear. It can be based on skin colour, and also, or as well as, on religion, money, or education, all of which can give one power. We don’t choose at birth to be privileged or to less privileged, it is what, who and where we […]

Domestic Labour, Women’s Work, Servants and Exploitation

Ruth Hartley Storytelling, Intimacy and Power, Power, Race, Poilitics,, Power, Race, Politics,Leave a Comment

Unpaid Work A quick search gave me this answer, so I quote – “Domestic labour refers to the unpaid work done within households, encompassing tasks like housework, childcare, and other forms of care work.” The key is that it is unpaid work and 56 years after I joined the 1970 Women’s Movement it is still mostly women’s work. I quote […]