Chapter Summary Of Global Woman By Barbara Ehrenreich

Global woman is a chapter by Barbara Ehrenreich which gives a consider the challenges and obstacles present in the lives of women which pursue migrant work. Many women which live in poverty stricken countries are faced with the challenge of providing for their children financially without the assistance of a man. This is not to say that men within the country are so well off that their assistance would solve the problem, but when poverty is common within a nation, daily life can be challenging. This problem can be resolved when the mother migrates to a nation with greater economic growth, and gains employment with the opportunity to send finances back home.
Although the migration of women to an economically rich nation to gain employment provides relief from poverty, it also creates other hardships on the children and family members of the absent woman. The situation is like that of a vacuum. If you were in space, the rocket you are in would be full of pressure. Outside of the rocket is relief from this pressure. The conditions inside the rocket represent poverty and the space outside the shuttle represents the work opportunity for migrant women workers. A path releasing the internal pressure into space would have an eventful reaction. You could imagine papers flying everywhere and air rushing out of the
It presents a slight alteration in the lifestyle of the family members but it forces the children to grow up without their parent in the household. Sometimes this can have negative effects in the everyday lifestyle of the children as well, depending on various factors. I would imagine the age of the child when the mother left and the relationship they held together would positively or negatively change the behavior of the child. I do not see this occurrence as something that can be generalized, but it is safe to say that an effect will happen either positive or