Claudia Jones--"Complete emancipation of women is possible only under Socialism."

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12. So here is a question about capitalism and patriarchy...

Capitalism developed in a patriarchal world. Guessing if you checked the boards of directors and CEO's of major corporations, women are outnumbered maybe 10 to 1.

We have seen some explanations of how capitalism leads to oppression of women. But does it works the other way too? Does the continuation of the capitalist system require some exclusion of women from the ruling class of decision makers?

In other words, if women were in more positions of real power, even the majority in those positions, would it be easier to move toward socialism?

Would that be sexist? Because it implies that women are different in temperament. Like maybe they are less greedy, or less violent, or more inclined to cooperation instead of competition.

I kind of think it seems true, but don't know if that is just due to cultural conditioning. If we undermine patriarchy, are we helping to undermine capitalism? Or will women in positions of power be just as greedy, violent, etc?