Housewifization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which the division of labor has relegated women to the role of housewife. uncountable

    "What the experts call flexibilization of labour, some of us have called the housewifization of labour."

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"What the experts call flexibilization of labour, some of us have called the housewifization of labour."

Etymology

From housewife + -ization.

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division of labor

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