One of the author's main point in the reading is that many foreign women are not substantially making a happy living, as globalization has affected the economy in certain countries. Moreover, businesses in which employment is present have become a loss for the foreign market, as the migration of women has affected the employment of many workers in the foreign countries. Due to this, male unemployment has expanded, affecting family and couple relationships making many of the foreign women at a loss of support, and financially in a tough situation.
According to the author, there is a link to the population of women in the global circuit and the rate of unemployment within that foreign country. Moreover, the substantial decline of work opportunities has caused the rise in the globalization of women from developing countries. As I understood from prior readings, the government sees "women migrants," as a substantial support to the maintenance of the economy in developing countries, plus it is cheap and effective. Yet, the author argues there are still misconceptions about this stereotype, specifically that many of these low-income individuals are actually seen as a "burden" rather than heroes."
These migrant women and children are exposed to harsh conditions in the shadow economy, such as, prostitution, labor migration, illegal trafficking, and etc which is used against them to make a profit for the government. Exactly, these are the kinds of work women in developing countries get involved in to earn a living to support their family; therefore, "survival for women" in developing countries is tough due to them being misguided and marketed out to sex industries, and other forms of rough labor work. Turns out, just as the documentary demonstrated in class, women in these developing countries are seen struggling to balance paychecks and live a healthy, happy lifestyle, and due to this they are ready to settle with almost anyone that'd provide for them and their children, despite being sexualized by men. Similarly, the author indicates in the past women were represented doing "invisible work," tying back to the fact that even then women were seen as a "burden" to be hidden under a shadow economy, who were used to the government's advantage to produce cheap sharecrops to export.
Overall, the author indicates that women of developing countries are seen as a "burden more so than a support," as coax of the shadow economy plays a role in representing exactly the kind of work government misguides women to engage in. Due to this, these women have to go through rough labor work, such as prostitution, sex trafficking, and other illicit forms of work just to make a living for them and their family; therefore, they struggle with survival and making a sufficient earning as the quality of work they engage in is low. Yet, the government tells the women that they are helping the government out when in reality the government is taking advantage of these migrant women workers, keeping most of their earnings, or exporting it to the foreign sector, barely giving them any of it. These are the reasons behind the women struggling for survival in these developing countries.
This expands to the world beyond us because sex trafficking is common in many countries and prostitution is legal in several countries. In fact, such work is considered apart of the workforce. The dominant population in the sex industry is women, as they are objectified way more than men making them better suiters and easier to market to. Additionally, foreign women are seen as less educated, at a disadvantage due to immigration policies, making them that much more vulnerable to the sex industry.
What is the psychological impact of these women migrants, do they feel that they are a burden to society, therefore, chose to live that illicit, sexually objectifying lifestyle?
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