Organizing Women before and after the Fall: Women's Politics in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia

Racioppi, Linda

doi:10.1086/495023

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“…Moreover, women were socialized differently than in other cultures, because equality between sexes was promoted legislatively (Gibson, 1988). Some literature suggests that the fall of the USSR further encouraged Russian women to play an active role in the society, as the country moved towards Western standards, especially in respect to Western feminist movements (Racioppi & See, 1995). Thus, we predicted that women and men would award themselves similar scores on overall intelligence and the more “core” intelligences (verbal, logical and spatial) (H1).…”

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Sex differences in estimating multiple intelligences in self and others: A replication in Russia

Furnham

Shagabutdinova

2012

Int J Psychol

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This was a crosscultural study that focused on sex differences in self- and other-estimates of multiple intelligences (including 10 that were specified by Gardner, 1999 and three by Sternberg, 1988) as well as in an overall general intelligence estimate. It was one of a programmatic series of studies done in over 30 countries that has demonstrated the female "humility" and male "hubris" effect in self-estimated and other-estimated intelligence. Two hundred and thirty Russian university students estimated their own and their parents' overall intelligence and "multiple intelligences." Results revealed no sex difference in estimates of overall intelligence for both self and parents, but men rated themselves higher on spatial intelligence. This contradicted many previous findings in the area which have shown that men rate their own overall intelligence and mathematical intelligence significantly higher than do women. Regressions indicated that estimates of verbal, logical, and spatial intelligences were the best predictors of estimates of overall intelligence, which is a consistent finding over many studies. Regressions also showed that participants' openness to experience and self-respect were good predictors of intelligence estimates. A comparison with a British sample showed that Russians gave higher mother estimates, and were less likely to believe that IQ tests measure intelligence. Results were discussed in relation to the influence of gender role stereotypes on lay conception of intelligence across cultures.

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Section: Estimating Others’ Intelligencementioning

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Sex differences in estimating multiple intelligences in self and others: A replication in Russia

Furnham

Shagabutdinova

2012

Int J Psychol

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“…In 1935, an impressive percentage, 38%, of Soviet women were enrolled in higher educational institutions compared to Germany of 13.6% in 1935 and England of 25.7% two years ago. However, considering the fact that Stalin later dissolved the zhenotdel (Racioppi & O'Sullivan, 1995), which will be discussed later in details, we can't conclude that he met the criteria to promote equality here.…”

Section: A Specific Definition Of Feminism and Examples Explaining Itmentioning

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Stalin’s “New Soviet Woman”

Liu¹

2019

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The goal of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which Stalin has used the ideology of communism to promote feminism in Soviet Union in the 1930s and early 1940s. In order to do so, this paper focuses on one of the central notions of Stalin's domestic policies, the "New Soviet Woman." This concept stresses on two major elements, industrial productivity and reproductivity at home, and praises women's roles as workers and mothers. After a series of study on the propaganda Stalin has used and the legislations he has enabled to fulfill these two goals, I come to a conclusion that Stalin uses the emancipation of women as a pretense to mobilize women mainly for economic development and military preparation. To prove that Stalin has failed to promote feminism, the paper is structured as followed. First, there is a specific definition of feminism, which is constituted of two parts: equality and freedom. For each of them, the paper lists out some of Stalin's policies that are evidence of positive but limited feminist progress to explain the definition and also to qualify the main argument. Then, there are two major sections, which correspond to the two focuses of the "New Soviet Woman." Within each part, there are two subparts that discuss how Stalin's policies have violated the two fundamental principles of feminism, equality and freedom, respectively. With this paper, I distinguish opportunities from equality, prove that public expectations restrict freedom, and thus challenge the conventional view of the absolutely positive relationship between a communist regime and the growth of feminism under it.

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“…The meanings of women's empowerment, gendered issues and political change had to be adapted to the local context and negotiated by the two sides (see for example, Racioppi and See 1995;Sperling et al 2001).…”

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The Promise of Transnational NGO Dialogue: The Argument and the Challenges

Pishchikova

2006

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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Organizing Women before and after the Fall: Women's Politics in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia

Cited by 104 publications

References 4 publications

Sex differences in estimating multiple intelligences in self and others: A replication in Russia

Sex differences in estimating multiple intelligences in self and others: A replication in Russia

Stalin’s “New Soviet Woman”

The Promise of Transnational NGO Dialogue: The Argument and the Challenges

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