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In reply to the discussion: Working-class mothers in the post-recession economy: Some sobering stats [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)27. Capitalism commodifies EVERYTHING, including sex......
But sex is not the only thing it commodifies. As I said, it makes a commodity out of EVERYTHING. That's systemic.
As to traditional feminism, I think that the heart of the individuals are in the right place (opposing oppression), BUT feminism IS a bourgeois social movement. Without a grounding in Marx, ultimately all it will do is SOLIDIFY THE OPPRESSION OF CAPITALISM. For all of us. Because traditional feminism doesn't call for abolishing the root of the problem.
Worker's Power has a VERY good pamphlet on women's issues with a lot of great historical analyses of what has led us to today. The US section has recently updated this very good pamphlet and it will soon be available. I learned a WHOLE lot during the editing process.
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Working-class mothers in the post-recession economy: Some sobering stats [View all]
YoungDemCA
May 2013
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kr. a *real* feminist issue, but so little-discussed. equal pay for upper management!
HiPointDem
May 2013
#1
What's fucked up is you attacking OTHER WOMEN when you had NO FUCKING CALL TO DO SO.
redqueen
May 2013
#13
those FEMEN 'feminists' aren't interested in lower-class women -- unless they work in the sex
HiPointDem
May 2013
#20
Apparently we can't discuss single moms without SOME women attacking feminists they don't like
redqueen
May 2013
#29
I don't think femen advances anything i care about, feminist or otherwise. On the contrary, I
HiPointDem
May 2013
#32
It's all about the plutocracy/plutonomy, as with all of the problems they've made for us.
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#16
and they, as well as black males, continue to be hit harder in the 'recovery,' as well as by the
HiPointDem
May 2013
#23
Which goes back to what I wrote. If you focus your attention where you are directed to,
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#24
"should actually look at the economics that create this "service sector" in the economy."
HiPointDem
May 2013
#31