Women and Marxism
Halima Abdi explores the history of Marxist feminism as a school of thought
In opposition to ‘sex work’
Kirsty Brown critiques the liberal notion ‘sex work is work’
The path to women’s liberation
Zoe McKeown writes on the importance of Marxist feminism in achieving women’s liberation
13. Women’s Oppression
Women’s oppression is as old as class society. Indeed, oppression of women can be found in all class societies without exception. Prior to the division of society into classes, whilst there is evidence of division of labour between the sexes, this was not antagonistic. It was at the point at which human beings could create a surplus above that required for their survival that both classes and the relationships of domination and subordination between the sexes appeared.
