The Gender Ideological Clash in Globalization

Women, Migration, and the Modernization Building Project of the Philippines

Bibliographic Data

ID12463587
AuthorsRhacel Salazar Parreñas (0000-0001-5233-3526, University of California, Davis, corresponding author)
Year2007
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Thought and Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1094-5830 • E-ISSN: 2469-8466
PublisherThe University of Kansas (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17161/str.1808.5223
OpenAlexW2116107325
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited7

processes on the socio-cultural geography of the Philippines. I argue that the development of an export-oriented Filipino economy incorporates a gender ideological clash resulting from simultaneously encouraging and discouraging female domesticity. This clash emerges from the economic dependency of the Philippines on women's work outside the home on the one hand, and a longstanding gender ideology that continues to locate women's gender responsibilities inside the home on the other hand. The dependence of the Philippines on remittances from women's migrant domestic work magnifies this clash. My article looks closely at this gender ideological clash caused by working women's paradoxical positioning vis--vis the home, addresses why this clash occurs, describes its consequences for relations in the family, and, lastly, links it to a larger discussion of the status of women in globalization

Development economics · Economics · Globalization · Ideology · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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