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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... lives in Eastern Europe. As I write this preface in September 2019, more than two years have passed since the publication of the New York Times op-ed that eventually grew into this book, first published in November 2018. In the ...
... lives in Eastern Europe. As I write this preface in September 2019, more than two years have passed since the publication of the New York Times op-ed that eventually grew into this book, first published in November 2018. In the ...
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... lives had been much easier—despite the many political hardships—when they lived in a society that valued and supported them as both workers and mothers. For too long these topics have remained taboo. The public discourse about the past ...
... lives had been much easier—despite the many political hardships—when they lived in a society that valued and supported them as both workers and mothers. For too long these topics have remained taboo. The public discourse about the past ...
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... live through state socialism and experience it firsthand. A typical Goodreads comment in this vein might be: “Sex was better under socialism for a nut who never lived that.” Despite my academic credentials, decades of experience, and ...
... live through state socialism and experience it firsthand. A typical Goodreads comment in this vein might be: “Sex was better under socialism for a nut who never lived that.” Despite my academic credentials, decades of experience, and ...
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... live that” (as if scholars of ancient Greece or medieval France have firsthand experience of the historical epochs they ... lives. Detractors question their ability to speak knowledgably about the past. And what about my older colleagues ...
... live that” (as if scholars of ancient Greece or medieval France have firsthand experience of the historical epochs they ... lives. Detractors question their ability to speak knowledgably about the past. And what about my older colleagues ...
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... lives, I am making a small contribution to the current political discourse by trying—along with my many academic and journalistic colleagues around the world—to push back against the Cold War imagination that Westerners have of life in ...
... lives, I am making a small contribution to the current political discourse by trying—along with my many academic and journalistic colleagues around the world—to push back against the Cold War imagination that Westerners have of life in ...
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YOU MIGHT BE SUFFERING FROM | |
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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE EXPECTING | |
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