Disadvantaged Groups
A detailed Summary of Disadvantaged Groups
In Canadian Societies the group that are looked upon as disadvantaged, are suspected to increases in poverty. The groups are;
- Increasingly evident is that women's economic dependency within a patriarchal society has made poverty very likely
- Known as Feminization of poverty; means that, without the support of a man, a women is likely to be poor. (Stats on pg.206)
- At every stage of their lives, women are more prone to poverty than men, and more likely to be trapped, and eventually die, in a life of poverty
- Social and Biological reproduction (mostly women dominated)
- Productive Labour, earning an income (dominated by men)
Women Men
- Unpaid Domestic Labour *Highly paid, high-status
- Poorly Paid (low-status pink- white-collar, physical blue
Collar jobs in paid work force collar
*Private Realm

- Live in a capitalist society, considered "underclass"
- Strong likelihood of poverty, disease, and short lifespan
- Has opened vast opportunities for traditional female-dominated women, example clerical work.
- Is a category for those who have no fixed address.
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