ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to unveil women's subordination in the world of work and its relation to lone mothers' dependency on social security. It examines the concept of the gendered division of labour which is the fundamental ideology that shapes women's experience in the family, the labour market, and social security system. Gendered division of labour is the concept that women's primary role has been assigned to the family and men's primary role to the labour market. To understand the position of women in the labour market, it is important to account for the effect of doing unpaid work in the private domain on perception of paid work in the public. The chapter discusses this issue drawing on empirical evidence. It shows that occupational segregation in the labour market is the outcome of men's power over women in the workplace. The chapter concludes by examining contemporary employment policies for women to reveal the role of government in constructing women's economic dependency.
