(1981) - The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework - Angela Davis

In her 1981 work, The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework, Angela Davis addressed the persistent undervaluation of housework, particularly the way it disproportionately burdens women and remains largely invisible within capitalist economies. She argued that domestic labour should be industrialized and socialized, transforming it from unpaid, private labour into a collective responsibility. However, Davis critiqued the Wages for Housework Movement, suggesting that paying women for domestic work could merely legitimize its exploitative nature, rather than dismantling it. Instead, she advocated for broader societal changes, including equal job opportunities for women and the redistribution of domestic labour, to achieve true liberation.