Study Questions for

Maria Mies, Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale
Chapter 4: Housewifization International

 


What was the 'old' international division of labor?

What is the 'new' international division of labor?

What are women seen as the optimal labor force?

How does it further the exploitatio of women to define them as housewives?

How are women from overdeveloped and underdeveloped countries linked through production and consumption?

Why is the fertility of women from underdeveloped countries seen differently from the fertility of women from overdeveloped countries?

What is sex tourism?