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S'està carregant… Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence (edició 2018)de Kristen R. Ghodsee (Autor)
Informació de l'obraWhy Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism and Other Arguments for Economic Independence de Kristen R. Ghodsee (Author)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Decent but limited. Good introduction to socialist feminism, especially Alexandra Kollontai. If you're already a pot-committed socialist than you probably know everything here already. ( ) Well worth the read! If only for this: The 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Air Force consisted of pilots who “flew in stealth mode at night and dropped precision bombs on German targets. The women pilots were all in their late teens and early twenties, and they flew about 30,000 missions between 1941 and 1945.” (p89 Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why women have better sex under socialism and other arguments for economic independence, p.89). And my addendum: Apparently many men fear that socialism will encourage parasites—people who won’t work because, due to socialism, everything they need will be paid for anyway. Hm. I suspect they’re thinking of people like themselves. Men would rather be unemployed than accept a job that’s beneath them. That is, jobs they consider fit only for immigrants or women. They’re the welfare bums. Show me women who are freeloaders. Welfare moms? Explain to me how a woman can work if she has a child under six years old to look after. She’s supposed to leave it unattended for eight hours? She’s supposed to pay $10-$20/hour for daycare on a $10-$20/hour job? There would be nothing left for things like, I don’t know, food, clothing, and rent. Well, I hear some guy say, she shouldnt’ve gotten pregnant in the first place. No, YOU shouldn’t’ve fucked her. In the first place. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Politics.
Women's Studies.
Nonfiction.
HTML:A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done right, socialism leads to economic independence, better labor conditions, better work-life balance and, yes, even better sex.In a witty, irreverent op-ed piece that went viral, Kristen Ghodsee argued that women had better sex under socialism. The response was tremendous ?? clearly she articulated something many women had sensed for years: the problem is with capitalism, not with us.Ghodsee, an acclaimed ethnographer and professor of Russian and East European Studies, spent years researching what happened to women in countries that transitioned from state socialism to capitalism. She argues here that unregulated capitalism disproportionately harms women, and that we should learn from the past. By rejecting the bad and salvaging the good, we can adapt some socialist ideas to the 21st century and improve our lives.She tackles all aspects of a woman's life - work, parenting, sex and relationships, citizenship, and leadership. In a chapter called "Women: Like Men, But Cheaper," she talks about women in the workplace, discussing everything from the wage gap to harassment and discrimination. In "What To Expect When You're Expecting Exploitation," she addresses motherhood and how "having it all" is impossible under capitalism.Women are standing up for themselves like never before, from the increase in the number of women running for office to the women's march to the long-overdue public outcry against sexual harassment. Interest in socialism is also on the rise - whether it's the popularity of Bernie Sanders or the skyrocketing membership numbers of the Democratic Socialists of America. It's become increasingly clear to women that capitalism isn't working for us, and Ghodsee is the informed, lively guide who can show us the way forwa No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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