Ep 15: Prison With a White Picket Fence

About this episode

This episode explores the history of patriarchy and the nuclear family structure as a product of capitalism that controls women's unpaid labor.

In this episode we explore the history of patriarchy, and look at how the nuclear family structure isn't a natural evolution but a deliberate product of capitalism, designed to control and exploit women's unpaid labour.Join Triploi as we look into all the systems that came together to create the modern prison of gender roles, and why true equality is impossible until these systems are dismantled. References and reading list: Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color (2019) Denise Comanne, How Patriarchy and Capitalism Combine to Aggravate the Oppression of Women (2010) Nancy Fraser, Feminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History (2012) Barbara Welter, "The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860" (1966) Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (2004) Arlie Hochschild, The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home (1989) Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (1963) Mariarosa Dalla Costa, The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community (1972) Mary Daly, Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation (1973)

People in this episode

Host: Triploi

Topics covered

• patriarchy
• nuclear family
• capitalism
• gender roles
• women's labor
• equality

Keywords

• patriarchy
• nuclear family
• capitalism
• gender roles
• women's labor
• equality
• feminism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color, How Patriarchy and Capitalism Combine to Aggravate the Oppression of Women, Feminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History, "The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860", Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation, The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home, The Feminine Mystique, The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community, Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation

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