Re: Socialism and Women's Leadership (was China Drafts Law to BoostUnionsand End Labor Abuse)

[Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/14/06, Mark Lause <MLause@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yoshie,
>
> I am as certain as you that this is NOT "a random occurrence."
>
> Your response conflates "parties and states," though I wrote, "I'm concerned
> about leadership in the movement," that is "parties."
>
> My comment had to do with what is achieved if women become "the bloody,
> stupid worthless figurehead for the sexless monstrous Moloch of THEIR
> institutions and THEIR Holy State."  If I am correct in suggesting that this
> latter doesn't really matter in terms of substantive functions and policies,
> doesn't it offer a reasonable tentative explanation of why
> conservative/liberal elites may be more willing to use females as
> figureheads?

So, women are allowed to become heads of bad capitalist states and
parties but not of good socialist states and parties?

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Yoshie
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