Is It Wrong To Pay For Housework?

Hypatia 17 (2):52-66 (2002)
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This paper assesses arguments that paying for housework compromises the moral integrity of either the buyer or seller or both. I find that none provides adequate justification for avoiding paying for housework. Instead, I argue that the vigorous pursuit of justice for women workers will best remedy injustice in service sector occupations, including paid housework.

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10.1111/j.1527-2001.2002.tb00765.x

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