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

["michael a. lebowitz" <mlebowit@xxxxxx>]

> > On Oct 14, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> > > Might be because, contrary to some essentialist feminist thinkers,
> > > capitalism undermines patriarchy over the long term, by competing
> > > away gender distinctions in favor of a purer individualism;
> >

I think it might be more appropriate to say that capitalism has
created conditions which have strengthened the struggle against
patriarchy (which is, of course, not to be confused with the
selection of individual women to carry out capitalism's dirty work at
the top). So, is it that societies attempting to build socialism
haven't created such conditions? If so, why?
        michael
Michael A. Lebowitz
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Economics Department
Simon Fraser University
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