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Dáil holds that these poor women stand for all poor women, although her sample is not random. [...]denied access to Asian and Hispanic communities, she was only able to interview Caucasian and African American women. Dáil regards poverty as a condition that "occurs when certain groups of indivi...

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Published in:Journal of American studies 2013-05, Vol.47 (2)
Main Author: GOLDBERG, GERTRUDE SCHAFFNER
Format: Article
Language:English
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Gilligan, Carol
Wilson, William Julius
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Summary:Dáil holds that these poor women stand for all poor women, although her sample is not random. [...]denied access to Asian and Hispanic communities, she was only able to interview Caucasian and African American women. Dáil regards poverty as a condition that "occurs when certain groups of individuals cannot compete for an equal share of available profits or resources"; it is "the result of a free-enterprise, profit-motive capitalist economic system" (9). [...]poverty is both an individualistic and systemic phenomenon. According to Dáil, poor men, "like most males," are more autonomous and psychologically more able than poor women to absent themselves from family responsibilities they find untenable.
ISSN:0021-8758
1469-5154
DOI:10.1017/S0021875813000649