Imagine working long hours day in day out, falling into bed exhausted each night and getting up with the sun each morning — but never getting paid and never, according to the people who measure such things, actually “creating value”. It sounds grossly unfair, but this is the condition of most women around the world. When governments measure national economies in the gross domestic product, “women’s work” — caregiving, housekeeping, home-making — does not count as “work”.
想象一下,日復一日地長時間工作,每天早上太陽升起就起來,夜晚精疲力盡才入睡,但從來沒有報酬,而且,據那些測算經濟活動的人所說,也從來沒有真正“創造價值”。這聽起來極其不公平,但這就是世界各地大多數女性的境況。當政府以國內生產總值(GDP)計量國民經濟時,“女性的工作”——照顧家人、操持家務——不算“工作”。
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