Paid Reproductive Labor Analysis

According to Evelyn Nakano Glenn in her piece, From Servitude to Service Work: Historical Continuities in the Racial Division of Paid Reproductive Labor, reproductive labor “includes activities such as purchasing household goods, preparing and serving food, laundering and repairing clothing, maintaining furnishings and appliances, socializing children, providing care and emotional support for adults, and maintaining kin and community ties” (Glenn 1). However, since all of this work is mostly done inside the home without pay, it is not recognized as real work. Not only is it done without wages, it is also done mostly entirely by women. Only in “public” reproductive labor is when women get paid for doing some of these daily tasks. As noted in