Lena Gempke
@lenagempke.bsky.social
PhD Student @SOASEconomics. Feminist political economist researching household debt & social reproduction. Otherwise found falling off rocks or my bike.
2. Credit is deeply racialised: Racial dynamics intensify gendered patterns. Black South Africans are overrepresented in unsecured, budget-stretching debt; white South Africans hold more asset-backed, wealth-generating credit.
July 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
2. Credit is deeply racialised: Racial dynamics intensify gendered patterns. Black South Africans are overrepresented in unsecured, budget-stretching debt; white South Africans hold more asset-backed, wealth-generating credit.
1. Credit is highly gendered: Women, across racial groups, hold disproportionately more credit linked to care and homemaking (store cards, furniture loans), while men are more likely to hold asset-backed credit tied to wealth-building and unspecified unsecured debt
July 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
1. Credit is highly gendered: Women, across racial groups, hold disproportionately more credit linked to care and homemaking (store cards, furniture loans), while men are more likely to hold asset-backed credit tied to wealth-building and unspecified unsecured debt
