{"id":4495,"date":"2021-06-25T13:54:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2021-06-25T13:54:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:54:31","slug":"girly-issues-are-now-the-countrys-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/blog\/2021\/06\/25\/girly-issues-are-now-the-countrys-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Girly Issues&#8221; Are Now the Country&#8217;s Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.umass.edu\/folbre\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Nancy Folbre<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an Advisor and Researcher of the CWE-GAM project and a groundbreaking feminist economist was among the first to sound the alarm about the care crisis. Dr. Folbre\u2019s work on the care sector, once considered \u201cjust girly issues\u201d by fellow economists, are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/09\/business\/child-care-infrastructure-biden.html?smid=tw-share\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">now recognized as issues belonging to the U.S.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Previously the recipient of the 1998 MacArthur \u201cgenius\u201d grant, Dr. Folbre\u2019s research has journeyed from \u201cfringe idea to more mainstream policy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once cast aside in policy discussions, the care crisis is finally getting the spotlight it deserves after the pandemic forced many schools and child-care centers to close, leaving \u201cten million mothers of school-age children out of the workforce.\u201d The pandemic is forcing policymakers to finally face the cracks in America\u2019s care infrastructure that Dr. Folbre and other experts have long pointed out<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014 &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a system where working parents do not have reliable, affordable child care is one where they cannot reliably build a career.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/blog\/expert\/nancy-folbre\/\">Dr. Folbre\u2019s<\/a> work on care, visit her blog <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.umass.edu\/folbre\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Care Talk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and read her recent book <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/books\/2884-the-rise-and-decline-of-patriarchal-systems#:~:text=In%20The%20Rise%20and%20Decline,and%20actions%2C%20so%20as%20to\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This blog was authored by <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/blog\/expert\/lucie-prewitt\/\">Lucie Prewitt<\/a>, a research assistant for the CWE-GAM project.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Nancy Folbre, an Advisor and Researcher of the CWE-GAM project and a groundbreaking feminist economist was among the first to sound the alarm about the care crisis. 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