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SOCIALIST FEMINISM
Sociologyindex, Marxist Feminism, Feminism, Socialist Feminism, Women's
Movement, Women's Liberation
Theory, Sociology Books 2011
A perspective that
examines women's social situation as shaped by both patriarchal gender relations and by
the class structure of capitalism.
It sees gender and class
oppression as inseparable and rather than working for the equality of women within a
liberal, democratic capitalist society, it argues for the equality of women within a
society that is not dependent upon the exploitation of one group by another ie: a
classless society.
What is Socialist Feminism?
By Barbara Ehrenreich,
[feministezine.com/feminist/modern/Socialist-Feminism.html] "What is socialist
feminism?" There is a kind of expectation that it is (or is about to be at any
moment, maybe in the next speech, conference, or article) a brilliant synthesis of world
historical proportions--an evolutionary leap beyond Marx, Freud, and Wollstonecraft. Or
that it will turn out to be a nothing, a fad seized on by a few disgruntled feminists and
female socialists, a temporary distraction.
I want to try to cut through some of the mystery which has grown tip around socialist
feminism. A logical way to start is to look at socialism and feminism separately. How does
a socialist, more precisely, a Marxist, look at the world? How does a feminist? To begin
with, Marxism and feminism have an important thing in common: they are critical ways of
looking at the world. Both rip away popular mythology and "common sense" wisdom
and force us to look at experience in a new way. Both seek to understand the world--not in
terms of static balances, symmetries, etc. (as in conventional social science)--but in
terms of antagonisms. They lead to conclusions which are jarring and disturbing at the
same time that they are liberating. There is no way to have a Marxist or feminist outlook
and remain a spectator. To understand the reality laid bare by these analyses is to move
into action to change it.
(Note: "What is socialist feminism?" article was first published in WIN Magazine
in 1976. It later appeared in Working Papers on Socialism & Feminism published by the
New American Movement (NAM) in 1976.
Transforming socialist-feminism: the challenge of racism
Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Margaret Coulson - Feminist Review (2005) 80, 87–97.
doi:10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400219
Feminism and the socialist tradition … undone?
Angela McRobbie
Abstract: This article proposes that Butler's recent writing encourages understanding of
an intersection of forces, specifically the undoing of feminism and the socialist
tradition. This occurs as the traces or residues left behind by these now outmoded
movements are seemingly taken into account, so that they are all the more repudiated and
discounted. Re-regulation takes place by these means in the fields of sexuality and
kinship. There is also a crisis in the politics of hegemony through processes of
disarticulation, as queer politics breaks its earlier ties with socialist feminism through
narrowly presenting claims of entitlement in terms of being for (or against) marriage. If
radical democracy is itself radically insufficient (so that it remains open and
necessarily unrealizable), nonetheless this produces vulnerabilities. Butler leads us in
this context towards Levinasian ethics, as both other than and prior to politics. This
permits, through the encounter with the face of the other, a steadfastness and defiant
presence and proximity in terms of being for the other, while that other - for example,
the woman of Afghanistan - is being sought as the subject of liberation by western
hegemony. Thus, ethics can be expansive of the 'sheerly political'. - ingentaconnect.com
Fighting the Feminization of Poverty: Socialist-Feminist Analysis and Strategy - Wendy
Sarvasy, Judith Vanallen
Socialist feminism provides a necessary corrective to the strict feminization of poverty
analysis by incorporating analyses of race and class differences among women, of internal
family politics shaped by the familistic ideology, and of the contradictory role of the
welfare state. We use the concept of women's dual role to analyze the interconnections
among the family, the labor market and the welfare state, and to examine the ways that
gender and class struggles over the costs of reproduction of labor power are expressed as
conflicts over welfare policies. We suggest five criteria for evaluating policy and use
them to analyze two specific issues-the six-hour day and child support. -
rrp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/4/89
Socialist Feminism: A Strategy for the Women's Movement
Chicago Women's Liberation Union, Hyde Park Chapter [1972].
"I. SOCIALIST FEMINISM
We choose to identify ourselves with the heritage and future of feminism and socialism in
our struggle for revolution. From feminism we have learned the fullness of our own
potential as women, the strength of women. We have seen our common self-interest with
other women and our common oppression. Having found these real bonds as women, we realize
we can rely on each other as we fight for liberation. Feminism has moved us to see more
concretely what becomes of people shaped by social conditions they do not control. We find
our love and hate focused through our feminism——love for other women bound by
the same conditions, hate for the oppression that binds us. A great strength we find in
feminism is the reaffirmation of human values, ideals of sisterhood: taking care of
people, being sensitive to people's needs and developing potential."
scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/socialist/
The Retreat of Marxism and Socialist Feminism: Postmodern and Poststructural Theories
in Education
Jean Anyon
Abstract: Anyon uses her personal history as a contributor to the resurgence of
progressive scholarship in the late 1970s and early 1980s to critique recent work in
education. She argues that Marxist thought has failed to develop and has been largely
abandoned by critical scholars, many of whom now seek empowerment for teachers and
students through postmodern and poststructural ideas. She undertakes an analysis of these
new theories, and of their instantiation in educational scholarship that claims to use
them to foster empowerment and change. Anyon assesses the political possibilities and
consequences of these theories and the practices they entail. The goal of the analysis is
to identify theory that will be useful in struggles for a more equitable society. -
jstor.org
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