Marxist and Socialist Feminisms

Armstrong, Elisabeth

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“…In resonation with the arguments set by many socialist feminist theorists, the paper highlights the gendered leadership nature of capitalist political systems (Armstrong, 2020;Napikoski, 2021). In such systems, males are considered the dominant gender and women as the supporting gender with patriarchy being an acceptable system affecting women of all classes (Armstrong, 2020).…”

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confidence: 78%

“…These include the liberal, radical and socialist theories of feminism (Napikoski, 2021). This paper applied the socialist feminist theory whose origins are in the precepts of Marxist and socialist movements advocating for classless societies (Armstrong, 2020). The basic views of the socialist feminist theory are that:…”

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“…-Gender inequality is one of the many forms of oppression suffocating women's progression. Class and racial divides (that also include the urban-rural divide) are also forms of oppression that must be concurrently addressed with gender inequality (Enyew & Mihrete, 2018;Armstrong, 2020).…”

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“…-The labour movements and other bodies advocating for women's rights have generally failed to address inequality within the workplace as a centre of the capitalist state (Thobejane, 2015;Armstrong, 2020;Napikoski, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Women Participation in Leadership Positions in Mtubatuba Local Municipality, South Africa

Ntuli

Jili

Xaba

2023

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Introduction/Main Objectives: The article aimed to explore the nature, level and extent of women participation in administrative and political leadership in the Mtubatuba Local Municipality (MLM). It adopted the socialist feminism theory as its framework. Research Methods: Qualitative research methods was used in which data were collected using semi-structured interviews from eight women working in the Mtubatuba Local Municipality's political and administrative structures selected using purposive sampling methods. Thematic analysis was employed to analyze data received from participants. Novelty: The researchers found that women's leadership in both the administrative and political realms of the MLM was a struggle that demanded endurance against various harsh forces mainly stemming from culture and patriarchy. Finding/Results: The article concluded that the excessive prevalence of gender inequality and male dominance in leadership was worsened by the fact that the few women in management and leadership were not seriously considered in decision-making. This was regardless of the existence of many national and local level policies and strategies aimed at elevating women into leadership with the agenda of attaining gender equality. Conclusion: Political organizations in the Municipality failed to mobilize support for the policies that promote of advancement of women.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…(Hardt & Negri, 2005;Oksala, 2016). No obstante, mientras el valor de uso de la labor reproductiva es el relevo diario y generacional de la clase trabajadora, su valor de cambio es prácticamente nulo (Armstrong, 2020). Esto a pesar de que el trabajo reproductivo subsidia al Estado y al mercado, pues no es compensado económicamente aunque hace posible la producción.…”

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Tapia¹,

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El proyecto se desarrolló en colaboración con la Red Ecuatoriana de Mujeres Científicas (REMCI), con cuyas integrantes se discutió el trabajo desde su planificación. Así, exploramos principalmente las dificultades vividas por académicas en todo el país durante el confinamiento de marzo a septiembre de 2020, así como sus criterios personales y profesionales en relación con el manejo de la crisis. Los hallazgos constituyen importantes insumos para el diseño de políticas institucionales y estatales a corto y largo plazo. De acuerdo con la literatura y las proyecciones existentes, la pandemia tendrá efectos prolongados en la producción académica y la carrera profesional de las mujeres científicas. Este reporte explica varios nudos críticos que debemos seguir observando a fin de paliar estos efectos, al tiempo que sugiere algunas medidas a implementar. 88 páginas ISBN 978-9942-847-51-5 e-ISBN 978-9942-847-52-2

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Not to blame, but still responsible: Negotiating social representations of neoliberal feminism amongst urban middle‐class Indians

D'silva

2024

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Indian gender advocacy has been criticised for promoting individualistic neoliberal solutions to issues requiring structural change. Such solutions are most accessible to middle‐class women and their dominance in gender advocacy is attributed to the middle‐class viewership of campaigns. Few studies have researched how this intended audience responds to such messages. As patriarchy benefits men, it is also important to understand how gender intersects with social class to shape responses. Accordingly, this research explores the reception of neoliberal feminist ideals in Indian gender advocacy amongst an urban middle‐class audience of 25 participants, comprising of 13 women and 12 men in Bengaluru, India. The theoretical and methodological framework is the social representations theory. Participants viewed three campaign videos and undertook semi‐structured interviews. Thematic analysis was employed to explore their perceptions of the causes and solutions to the issues portrayed in the campaigns, leading to three themes being identified. In the theme of ‘individuals’, participants held women responsible for resisting oppression. In the theme of ‘culture’, participants viewed culture as a cause of patriarchy, with cultural change seen as a solution. In the theme of ‘institutions’, participants discussed institutional sexism but were pessimistic about institutional reform. These findings suggest that whilst patriarchy is blamed on cultural norms and institutional failure, solutions are often conceived in terms of self‐transformation of individual women. These results are situated in social representations' theoretical premise of themata and positioning to analyse how social locations like gender, class and regional identity were mobilised by participants to contest or maintain a neoliberal feminist ideology. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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Marxist and Socialist Feminisms

Cited by 14 publications

References 60 publications

Women Participation in Leadership Positions in Mtubatuba Local Municipality, South Africa

Women Participation in Leadership Positions in Mtubatuba Local Municipality, South Africa

Impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en las vidas y derechos académicas científicas ecuatorianas

Not to blame, but still responsible: Negotiating social representations of neoliberal feminism amongst urban middle‐class Indians

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