Gheaus, Anca: The Gendered Division of Labor

In Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Work. Oxford University Press. 2025The division of labor is gendered: women and men specialize in different types of work. Jobs themselves display a division of labor between women and men, with certain professions being (highly) dominated by members of one group or the other. There is much disagreement when it comes to the factors explaining this phenomenon and its evaluation: Is the gendered division of labor desirable, and are its consequences fair? Mos