This research is to seek whether new value would be given for housekeeping labors which was done by women or not and housekeeping labor would be revealed its value as a new social role or not by housekeeping labors which have been done by women at the...
This research is to seek whether new value would be given for housekeeping labors which was done by women or not and housekeeping labor would be revealed its value as a new social role or not by housekeeping labors which have been done by women at the sex-typed position in private area become movements to participate in society by expanding living cooperation association movements which is belonged to public area. The results of this study are as follows:
First, by examining background to participate in living cooperation association movements of women, it was appeared that they are participating in living cooperation association movements under the influence of close relationship of social network and concerns for food for most of them are full-time homemakers. In addition, it was appeared that they are participating in living cooperation association movements to escape from sense of crisis for stagnant and isolated life of full-time homemakers and reorganize themselves through activities to participate in society.
Second, as for influence that women become as activists by experiencing living cooperation association movements, it was appeared that discussion culture and various participation activities through meetings of women and various educations of living cooperation association.
Third, it was possible to see that women who were stayed in private area are forming women community culture as organizations of women and solidary independence through community and gives positive value for housekeeping labors which they have done as playing social roles by expanding housekeeping labors of women socially.
Fourth, though living cooperation association movements assigns positive values, but various limitations are deduced through experiences of living cooperation association movements on the other hand. It was appeared insufficiency of organizational power due to insufficient experiences of women, and difficulties due to sex-typed division of labor in private area. In addition, it was appeared that limitation as movements comprised by focusing on the middle class, and they are experiencing two dilemma for role as resource activists at the same time. By comprehending problems that those limitations are appeared generally, it was appeared that insufficiency of feminine consciousness of women who do living cooperation association movements as big limitation.
In this research, it was examined about that it becomes new indulgence to housekeeping labors by changing frame of value and cognition of women according to women who were located in private area become participate in social movements through living cooperation association movements in the context of the role. These activities of women became the opportunity to reorganize their lives through living cooperation association movements by getting out of fixed and isolated lives as full-time homemakers, and it is possible to know that their roles and values from private homemakers to social homemakers by showing appearances to make new alternative society. Therefore, new value that women pursue through living cooperation association movements is appeared as value of ecological feminism which pursues care, looking after others, consideration, sharing etc, and it was sought the possibility that position of women could be changed as social existences not to be tied down by fixed frame of gender role thought they are on the position of full-time homemakers when experiences of living cooperation association movements would be expanded as social values based on ecological feminism. Therefore, the significant of this research is as follows:
It is significant that they changed their position that is though they are on the position of full-time homemakers to new position to change society not the method which was lived as full-time homemakers until now by pioneering their new lives not to be fixed the location though they are on the position of full-time homemakers through experiences of living cooperation association movements.
In addition, Living cooperation association movements are movements to change living area by power of homemakers and have possibilities as public homemaker movements and movements to expand value of housekeeping labors socially by having new understanding of importance of reproduction labors of women which its needs were not evaluated properly for it was regarded as isolated labors by expanding their housekeeping labors from family which is the private area to society which is public area.