2013/05/22 by Shirin M. Rai, Catherine Hoskyns, Dania Thomas · 319 citations
Engineering · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Biology #Computer science #Ecology #Engineering #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Harm #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare #Psychology #Reproduction #Social psychology #Sociology #Value (mathematics) #Work (physics)
paper · doi:10.1080/14616742.2013.789641
published in International Feminist Journal of Politics 16(1), 86-105 (Taylor & Francis)
openalex publication_date 2013/05/22 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19
In this article we explore the concept of depletion through social reproduction (DSR). We describe depletion, identify its key indicators and suggest different methodologies that could be used to measure it. We discuss issues having to do with gendered harm as well as questions about how depletion might be reversed. We conclude that recognizing DSR in this way can be a powerful tool for understanding the consequences of non-recognition of the value of domestic work to national economies, as well as the harm that might accrue in the doing of this work at both a systemic and individual level.