Feminist Explanations For The Feminization Of Poverty
In review of the article ‘Feminist Explanations for the Feminization of Poverty’, by Steven Pressman, he states “It is well known that women are much more likely to be poor than men”. This is true in the US and in most developed nations. But the causes of this phenomenon remain unclear. In an earlier article Pressman wrote (Pressman 2002), he found that the “impact of fiscal policy on the distribution of income was found to be the main reason that women in the United States are more likely to be poor than women in other countries.” This article looks at two feminist explanations for the feminization of poverty. First, there is the issue of household structure. He talks of how parenthood leads to lower earnings for women because they are usually the ones with the care-giving responsibilities for the children. In turn, this takes away from the time they can work and travel. Also he points out that families run by a single mother may re
duce the household income and are more susceptible to poverty. Second, there is the issue of occupational sex segregation. He states “If women are systematically excluded from higher-paying occupations, their wages and incomes will be lower than the wages of men”. He concludes his article by concluding his findings. First, the labor force participation of female headed households is not likely to be the same as other households. Second, that women household heads work in different sorts of jobs from male household heads. The result of these findings is high poverty rates for female headed households and large gender poverty gaps. Because of the high poverty rates for female run families, they must rely on government support and assistance to stay out of poverty. Throughout his article, Pressman displays a wide array of data: Tables 1, 2, and 3. In Table 1, he focuses on non-elderly households. Table 2 he displays “the gender povert
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