Marxist feminism
Marxist feminism is a strand of feminist theory that grounds its perspective in Karl Marx’ work on capitalism. It argues that women’s oppression is linked to the gendered structures of capitalism and the system of private property. Marx’s division of labour into productive—that is, remunerated labour mainly done by men—and reproductive labour which is unpaid and carried out by women constitutes the basis of women’s inequality in patriarchy. Marxist feminism as a core theoretical frame for feminists largely fell out of favour from the 1990s, with the fall of the Communist regimes in eastern Europe. However, certain key ideas such as the importance of economic capital in structuring relations of production and reproduction have continued to be significant in feminist thinking on women’s position in the economy and the labour market, and in how that position structures their relation to men and to people who are positioned differently from women within the economy and the labour market.... ...
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