This chapter focuses on women workers, and concerns the construction of men and masculinities within global systems of production as well as differences between women in terms of class, ethnicity and nationality. It argues that the goal of incorporating women into the global workforce fails to account for how social and economic hierarchies permeate relations of production. The chapter looks at the issue of consumption. Consumption practices can be a source of change in the global political economy, and this may or may not have positive benefits for women as workers. The chapter discusses two key areas of research into consumption: women's consumption practices in developing countries; and gender dynamics of initiatives aimed at promoting 'corporate social responsibility' (CSR). Because of the high levels of female employment in export sectors, a considerable amount of feminist research has sought to evaluate the impact of CSR and corporate codes of conduct for women workers.