“Their Logic Against Them.” By Karen Hossfeld
1) Which labor force is the subject of this study?
2) THESIS: “This reading examines how contradictory ideologies
about sex, race, , class, and nationality are used as forms of both
labor control and labor resistance in the capitalist workplace today.”
a) how was race used in this article to divide workers?
b) how was race used by the workers to create solidarity?
c) how did the managers use patriarchy to exploit the workers?
They justified low pay by......
Yet they wouldn’t allow women leave for family emergencies by
invoking.......
3) How does patriarchy in the women’s families contribute to their
exploitation at the paid workplace?
EXPLAIN
4) How does the knowledge from this article help us understand
discrimination at paid work, more generally?