Social scientists are raising alarm about the “end of work” and the “post-work society.” Whether caused by AI, financialization, gigification, or something else, the future of work is uncertain. What happens to gender inequality when jobs disappear? In this post, I imagine four scenarios about men’s and women’s future labor force participation and their implications for feminism and feminist sociology today.
Of course, not everyone believes that massive job loss is in our future. Some social scientists believe that AI and automation will increase the number of jobs. Maybe new jobs will replace those that will be eliminated. But in this post, I want to take seriously the possibility of massive job loss, asking what it could mean for the future of gender inequality.
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