Zaretsky
Eli Zaretsky is a neo-Marxist theorist who analysed the family as site where capitalism reproduces itself and patriarchy maintains gender oppression.
Real World
The global unpaid care economy — valued by Oxfam at $10.8 trillion annually — illustrates Zaretsky's argument that women's domestic labour subsidises capitalism by reproducing the workforce at no cost to employers.
Exam Focus
Position Zaretsky as a neo-Marxist synthesis: show he combines Marxist exploitation with feminist analysis of domestic labour for higher-level marks.
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