Nannies Maids And Sex Workers In The New Economy Analysis

In their book “Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy,” Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild describe the lives of primarily non-white, migrant, and poor women who have taken a part in the feminization of the new economy. Every year, since 1945 and especially during the 1980s, women have migrated from third world countries, such as Mexico, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and others to first world countries to work as nurses, maids, nannies, and sex workers. Many of the positive effects of the labor are associated with the money they are able to bring back to their families, while the negative effects often include emotional hardships, such as leaving behind children and facing physical strains while in foreign
countries.