Not Free and Equal

Posted on September 27, 2003, filed Under Ideas & Action Archive. Leave a Comment

Review of Women and Revolution, edited by Lydia Sargent, South End Press.

Why is it that women have been discriminated against, not treated equally, oppressed? Is this due to the workings of the capitalist system? Is there, apart from the workings of the capitalist system, a separate system of male power, a “patriarchy”? And what is the role of patriarchy under capitalism?

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