There are critics who argue that it would be a waste of resources to gather more accurate statistics, or that such work is too qualitatively different, or that the effort is theoretically misguided. And she gives further impetus to those who believe in a fairer valuation of women's work - and men's. Care giving O ne of the most critical forms of unpaid work is care giving. It has a fundamental impact on people's well-being and thus transcends the specific value of other forms of productive, reproductive and volunteer work. If its value were to be fully attributed it would surely be expensive.
C are is given both freely and through the market.
One could argue that care services are mediated by the market and that care giving is formally voluntary. But that would imply accepting the preeminence of those spheres and underplay the gender norms that assign all forms of care largely to women. Not biological determinism, nor culture, offer acceptable answers either. Feminist theory emphasizes the coercive dimensions of social norms of masculinity and femininity, describing norms as important elements of gendered structures of constraint. Yet norms of masculinity and femininity are being contested, and alternative social contracts are possible.