Marxism and Women

Jun 29, 2005 12:55


This is a very interesting essay on Marxism and women that I happened to stumble upon: http://www.textscene.com/archive/TCAHR/tcahr040.txt

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celandinex June 29 2005, 16:40:34 UTC
Perhaps equality of duties should mean that domestic work, like industrial work, should be shared equally between men and women, and not forever delegated to the realm of the feminine.

The Evil Dr. Laura addresses this point in her book The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands. She calls it "The White Rabbit Syndrome," meaning that women are expected to have careers while also fully maintaining the home, leaving little (or no) time for anything else.

Her solution is simply for women not to work; this article, however, suggests something more pragmatic.

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ide_cyan June 29 2005, 17:30:03 UTC
Who's afraid of Alexandra Kollontai?

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savestheworld June 29 2005, 19:24:00 UTC
who knew privileged groups aren't so good at willing giving up their privilege! :)

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silverspar June 29 2005, 21:48:28 UTC
What, there are actually still adults who believe in Communism?

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vampire_fodder June 29 2005, 22:00:27 UTC
I found that the usage of Marxism in this instance served to highlight issues that come with full equality, which is the goal of communism. Dispite the fact that communism was used as a focus here, the points made are very relevent in today's society. Even if you don't believe in communism, the points made are not any less valid.

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silverspar June 29 2005, 22:44:47 UTC
Sure, thinking about women's roles in the household and the workplace is good stuff - but dictatorship does not and will never be "equality", so thinking about women's equality inside of a communist ideology is like thinking about fishie freedom inside an aquarium.

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vampire_fodder June 29 2005, 23:30:42 UTC
Corrupt communism is a dictatorship. The ideal form of Marxism is equaity for all. People are greedy and thus communism does not work, and becomes a corrupt dictatorship.

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timetoknowbe July 1 2005, 19:33:34 UTC
okay so i apologize for only skimming a lot of that.

i just wanted to comment that im at the kentucky governor's scholars program, on the centre campus, and my class is russian language and culture.
and ive been so impressed with how russia deals and has dealt with women.
and even with religion, they counter christianity with female traces from pagan religions.
just wanted to say that i adore russia.

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timetoknowbe July 1 2005, 19:59:40 UTC
nevermind. i took the time and read all of it.

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