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Overview
This 'Pay Day' board game invites players to progress through a working month doing business deals, meeting buyers, collecting bonuses and racking up expenses. The object is to get to the end of the game with the most cash and savings. The game comes with a board, instructions, play pieces, paper money and play cards. The front of the box shows a man in a blue suit walking along counting a handful of money, while a group of people are following behind him carrying bills.
The game depicts a working world in which men are the ones doing deals and getting paid, while women are primarily consumers. In 1976 26.3% of the female population was in active employment, and the percentage of married women working (as a proportion of all married women) was 32.4%. However, the 1975 Select Committee on Women’s Rights found that the term ‘breadwinner’ was still universally applied to males. Women’s work was considered secondary, as indicated by the fact that until 1972 married women were taxed at the higher secondary rate, and money management was still largely seen as the domain of men.
References
- Brookes, Barbara. 2016. A History of New Zealand Women. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books.
- Department of Statistics. 1977. The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Statistics New Zealand Digital Yearbook Collection. THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK, 1977 (stats.govt.nz)
- Else, Anne. 2018. Gender inequalities - Paid employment. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/gender-inequalities/page-4
- Henderson, Warwick. 2018. The Fascinating History of Toys and Games Around the World. Auckland: New Holland Publishers.