More on Marxism and Feminism: A Response to Patricia Connelly

In: Studies in political economy: SPE ; a socialist review, Band 15, S. 179-184

Abstract

A response to the discussion of the oppressed status of women under capitalism by Patricia Connelly (see abstract elsewhere in this section) & Michelle Barrett (Women's Oppression Today, London, 1980). Issues challenged in Barrett's analysis include her view of the impact of M labor unions on sex segregation in the labor market, & her implication that women's subordination is "crucial" but not "essential" to capitalist production. Theoretical opposition to Connelly's argument is based on her attempt to minimize the effects of women's biology in analyzing capitalist modes of production. It is argued that economic equality of the sexes will only be realized with the end of capitalism. D. Dunseath.