Did Communism Smash the Patriarchy?
ROCKING OUR PRIORS
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Ex communist countries lead the world for gender parity and education, employment and management rolls. Yet it is my contention that the status of women would have been even higher without communism. Communist central planners needed women because five year plans typically set high production targets. In order to supplement their low wages, women were enticed with generous maternity leave and childcare. The work book was their passport to a partmen holidays and even medical care,. Therefore, employment diminished reliance on husbands, not only financially, but in terms of state benefits. But if communism was so egalitarian when it came to employment, education and state benefits, how came there so sexist?
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