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A review by sophserif
Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto by Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, Tithi Bhattacharya
5.0
4.25-4.5 rounded up. referenced the authors’ scholarship in a grad school research project related to Chinese gender equity & women’s movement. I especially appreciated the discussion of social reproduction in capitalist societies and the demand for women’s unpaid labor in the form of mothering and carework!
in my paper (titled “Chinese Communist Party: Gender Equity Champion or Performer?”) i included the following discussion of this manifesto regarding the limitations of capitalist legal systems to actualize gender equity:
“Philosopher and feminist scholar Nancy Fraser talks about the work expected of women in capitalist societies as social reproduction – activities which include birthing children, but also 'fashioning people with the ‘right’ attitudes, dispositions, and values–abilities, competencies, and skills' for the purpose of sustaining capacity to work. She and coauthors Cinzia Arruzza and Tithi Bhattacharya argue that this impetus is put on women in capitalist societies, and it both 'relies on gender roles' and 'entrenches gender oppression,' and is subordinate to making profit. Fraser et. al argue that public and private gender violence is entangled with the resulting social relations from this hierarchical power system. Public gender violence, such as sexual harassment in schools or workplaces, is rooted in women’s economic, professional, and political vulnerability. Fraser et. al question the assumption that 'the laws, police, and courts maintain sufficient autonomy' from the power structure to truly counter the system’s tendency to generate gender violence – they write, 'laws criminalizing marital rape or workplace assault won’t help women with nowhere else to go, nor those with no way to get there.'”
thought provoking read and super short!
in my paper (titled “Chinese Communist Party: Gender Equity Champion or Performer?”) i included the following discussion of this manifesto regarding the limitations of capitalist legal systems to actualize gender equity:
“Philosopher and feminist scholar Nancy Fraser talks about the work expected of women in capitalist societies as social reproduction – activities which include birthing children, but also 'fashioning people with the ‘right’ attitudes, dispositions, and values–abilities, competencies, and skills' for the purpose of sustaining capacity to work. She and coauthors Cinzia Arruzza and Tithi Bhattacharya argue that this impetus is put on women in capitalist societies, and it both 'relies on gender roles' and 'entrenches gender oppression,' and is subordinate to making profit. Fraser et. al argue that public and private gender violence is entangled with the resulting social relations from this hierarchical power system. Public gender violence, such as sexual harassment in schools or workplaces, is rooted in women’s economic, professional, and political vulnerability. Fraser et. al question the assumption that 'the laws, police, and courts maintain sufficient autonomy' from the power structure to truly counter the system’s tendency to generate gender violence – they write, 'laws criminalizing marital rape or workplace assault won’t help women with nowhere else to go, nor those with no way to get there.'”
thought provoking read and super short!