Women in Social Work: Caretakers or Policy Makers?

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This paper examines the division of labour within the social work profession into ‘men's work' and ‘women's work’ and argues that various forms of patriarchy perpetuate this division. It is suggested that women are doubly socialised into a tacit acceptance of this situation, firstly by their socialisation as women, and secondly by their socialisation as professional care-takers. Possible ways of changing the status of women are suggested, so that they do not continue to negotiate on behalf of others from a position of basic inequality.

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