Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic IndependencePublicAffairs, 20. nóv. 2018 - 240 síður 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 forward. |
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... once thriving factories giving way to new suburbs with Walmart-style megastores selling forty-two different types of shampoo. I've also studied how the institution of unregulated free markets in Eastern Europe returned many women to a ...
... once thriving factories giving way to new suburbs with Walmart-style megastores selling forty-two different types of shampoo. I've also studied how the institution of unregulated free markets in Eastern Europe returned many women to a ...
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... once said: “Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.” This book is about learning to think differently with regard to the state socialist past, our neoliberal capitalist present, and the path to our ...
... once said: “Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.” This book is about learning to think differently with regard to the state socialist past, our neoliberal capitalist present, and the path to our ...
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... once generous social safety nets that had allowed them to more easily combine work and family responsibilities before 1989. Since those early days interviewing chambermaids and receptionists on the Black Sea, I have spent the rest of my ...
... once generous social safety nets that had allowed them to more easily combine work and family responsibilities before 1989. Since those early days interviewing chambermaids and receptionists on the Black Sea, I have spent the rest of my ...
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... once state-owned wealth after 1989. In their usage, “zombie socialism” refers to the constant invocation of the crimes of socialisms past to discredit any demands for egalitarian political projects in the present. The authors assert ...
... once state-owned wealth after 1989. In their usage, “zombie socialism” refers to the constant invocation of the crimes of socialisms past to discredit any demands for egalitarian political projects in the present. The authors assert ...
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... once lived, studied, and worked will also find themselves deplatformed if they dare to say anything positive about that society. Critics claim they are brainwashed, or nostalgic for their youth, or somehow permanently psychologically ...
... once lived, studied, and worked will also find themselves deplatformed if they dare to say anything positive about that society. Critics claim they are brainwashed, or nostalgic for their youth, or somehow permanently psychologically ...
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Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic ... Kristen Rogheh Ghodsee Engin sýnishorn í boði - 2018 |
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic ... Kristen R. Ghodsee Engin sýnishorn í boði - 2018 |
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