KALI DHARMA X SHAKTI DHARMA

by PostModernity's Red-Headed Step-Child

"Um, yeh, like, I'd like to exchange this paradigm? It's tew scratch-ehy."

13.4.06

Femmeconomics

"A Guide to Womenomics" from The Economist
Now, I know that 1/3 to 1/4 of the women on this planet spend at least 3 hours a day gathering the wood to make the fire to cook the food....
, or in much of Africa that's true, anyway. Thanks to a really astonishing lack of investment in infrastructure (see also: Mexico). The good news here is of some evidence for the "bottom line" of Ren 2.O and cultures of mutual respect. Some, ahem, economic base, for the, ahem, genuine sexual revolution, ahem. And ahem:
Nevertheless, most working women are still responsible for the bulk of chores in their homes. In developed economies, women produce just under 40% of official GDP. But if the worth of housework is added (valuing the hours worked at the average wage rates of a home help or a nanny) then women probably produce slightly more than half of total output.

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