Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic IndependenceA 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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Neoliberal ideologies persuade us to view our bodies, our attentions, and our affections as things to be bought and sold. I want to turn the tables. To use the discussion of sexuality to expose the shortcomings of unfettered free ...
Neoliberal ideologies persuade us to view our bodies, our attentions, and our affections as things to be bought and sold. I want to turn the tables. To use the discussion of sexuality to expose the shortcomings of unfettered free ...
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Some conservatives insist on equating all things socialist with the worst crimes of Stalinism and will resort to outright lies in the face of any evidence that life behind the Iron Curtain was more than just one big gulag where everyone ...
Some conservatives insist on equating all things socialist with the worst crimes of Stalinism and will resort to outright lies in the face of any evidence that life behind the Iron Curtain was more than just one big gulag where everyone ...
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Interestingly, however, conservatives also attack the credibility of those who say positive things about socialism even if they did live in Eastern Europe at the time. In the case of my younger colleagues, born after 1980, their critics ...
Interestingly, however, conservatives also attack the credibility of those who say positive things about socialism even if they did live in Eastern Europe at the time. In the case of my younger colleagues, born after 1980, their critics ...
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Journalists who say the wrong things about the country's shared past can be fined or imprisoned. The Ukrainian 2015 “decommunization” laws also banned symbols like the hammer and sickle or images of Che Guevara.
Journalists who say the wrong things about the country's shared past can be fined or imprisoned. The Ukrainian 2015 “decommunization” laws also banned symbols like the hammer and sickle or images of Che Guevara.
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If you like the idea of such outcomes, then come along for an exploration of how we might change things. If you are dubious because you don't understand why capitalism as an economic system is uniquely bad for women, and if you doubt ...
If you like the idea of such outcomes, then come along for an exploration of how we might change things. If you are dubious because you don't understand why capitalism as an economic system is uniquely bad for women, and if you doubt ...
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Umsögn notanda - Kristen R Ghodsee - Publishers WeeklyEastern European studies professor Ghodsee (Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life After Communism) expands her viral New York Times op-ed into a passionate but reasoned feminist socialist ... Read full review
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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE EXPECTING | |
ON LEADERSHIP | |
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Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic ... Kristen Rogheh Ghodsee Engin sýnishorn í boði - 2018 |
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