Was feminism a capitalist con?

Question

Was its real agenda to get women out of the home and dilute the labour market in order to reduce wage costs?

Answer 1

I don't think so, but there was a myth that it was good to get out of the house because the world of work was wonderful. The world of work does not bring freedom, independence and autonomy.

Answer 2

During the WW II and after the WWII, once it was, because many men were fighting in the war. Many countries were lack of labour. Therefore, they got women out of the home and tried to dilute the labour shortage. And, this had made many women enjoy their new role in society, because they had their own income. Many ads on TV in the 50s, encouraged more women to work and to help the household. However, at that time, women were paid much less than men, because of the pregnancy. Later on, the coming of condom, made all women have the same capability to work as frequent as men. They began to claim the right to pay equally. Feminism began. Therefore, from the historical perspective, condom created the Feminism, not the shortage of labour force in the market. As the economy grew back, feminism had once become a capitalist con, because many organisations had faced a big new challenge from Feminism. Actually, the idea was more based on economical and political reasons rather than theoretical. If the suggestion of Feminism was really achieved during that moment, it would have a huge change in the world economy. (More likely the negative side of change.) However, in a deeper level, If you say, feminism is a capitalist con, then it should be something against equality. However, Feminism is trying to promote equality, but it is doing it for a different gender - women (From a traditional point of view). Actually, Capitalism have a hiden meaning of free market and equality. Anyone has the right to get what they want, as long as they can achieve it. From this point of view, someone can claim that actually feminisim is a complete of capitalism, because women also have the right to get what they deserve.

Answer 3

That could come under the law of unintended consequences. But I think that "feminism" was idealogically driven by women who were not comfortable taking on the normal role of marriage, childcare and stay at home housewife. Apart from aiding the careers of a minority of testosterone driven women, I think that it has been a disaster for the family and the country. It was the first "ism" which, together with the other "isms" that followed, racism, multiculturalism, equal opportunities, disabilities etc. led to the breakdown of traditional values, marriage, law and order and the relentless attack on men who, I must add, have been absolutely pathetic in identifying and dealing with the threat.

Although I don't think the intention was to dilute the labour market ( I don't think that Germaine Greer and others of that ilk were interested in that ) the corporate world always tries to exploit whatever it can.

You may have a point, however, and the same charge could be levied at immigration. Although again, I think that this was idealogically driven, but the corporate world would seek to take advantage where possible. It would, of course, be grossly irresponsible to impose such social pressures onto a country merely to try and reduce wage levels.

Answer 4

Where did you get such a notion? Families need to pay bills and feed and educate children. The labor market in the big picture, is a relatively new phenomena. Prior to the world wars, most people worked on farms and men and women worked equally hard. The labor market you speak of, where the majority of workers were men, was actually a small bleep on the radar of history. It only lasted from the early 1900s to the late 1960s. We are no longer a farm or manufacturing economy as in the past, we are now a digital and electronic economy and gender has nothing to do with expertise and ability. Many of us will continue to throw rocks at the glass ceiling that prevents women from being paid what they are worth!

Answer 5

Every change in political attitude is manufactured somewhere. Whatever form of new social structure that is felt, by those in control to be necessary, will then be promoted by the media. This will be embraced by the populace and pushed along by public opinion, rightly or wrongly, but the route chosen by those in charge will be the one that is taken by the simple device of manipulating public opinion via the popular media.
Feminism being just one example, do you remember how it was promoted on TV, in newspapers and magazines continually for an absolute age ?
The sheep like tendencies of the general public will create a popular trend which they will mindlessly follow without stopping to question why they are doing it or what result such actions will have on their future lives. The BBC/Times/Guardian/News of the World/Star said it, so it must be right.
My belief is it directly added to the present situation of broken families, poverty and low wages.
One only has to look at who profited from feminism, big business and the elite ? Do we have low wages and high rents ? Question answered I think.
To buy a house now in the UK you really need two people working and affordable housing is virtually non-existent in the rental market.
The chance of bringing children up in a stable family is diminished considerably when both parents have to work.
Yes feminism was definately one of the devices that was used to manipulate us into the current state of affairs, hidden poverty, broken marriage, poor education and no political choice, to take power and income from us and give it to them, the ruling elite that was so scared of the sixties explosion of thought that came from a generally well educated, free thinking and relatively well informed public that they had to harness us with ideas that they foisted upon us, feminism being one of those ideas. The notion of feminism is very `sixties` don`t you think ?
An agenda ? Yes of course there is.

Answer 6

Women have always worked, think of those who worked in the home for crap wages on top of other responsibilites, feminism raised awareness that women were equal to men and should be afforded the same access to employment based on ability, equal wages, pension rights and to say that women didn't have to stay at home or accept antiquated working conditions based on their gender. Women who chose to work no longer had to accept low paid jobs or just settle for non status employment. Of course marxist theory would say that it benefited the state and that was the reason for it, but I don't believe that it dilluted the labour market, but enriched it, the sixties saw a lot of legislation passed that gave people equal opportunities and we are better for it.

Answer 7

Women in the workplace, I think is more of a Communist ideal, I think I remember it being part of the manifesto of Herr MARX !
Countries like former east Germany had laws against unemployment which included women!
I think Every government of whatever persuasion would like to prevent 50% of the population avoiding paying income tax!
I think there is an historical aspect to this, being that before birth control and industrialisation / mechanisation of housework, women did not have the time to enter the workplace, but as soon as it was possible, the governments focused on those income tax returns ££££££££££££££

Answer 8

Ofcourse it was! The first step in bringing down wages and unions was to first,bring more women into the labor market and two,was to sabotoge the immigration laws in order to drive down wages. Now instead of lifetime jobs and 5 week vacations like our fathers and grandfathers had,men have to be basically "pimps" and have their women work 40 or 50 hours a week.

Answer 9

Femenism is a blanket title put on an awful lot of aspects of the female life.

The sexes will never be equal because there are just too many differences between the two.

As to a plot - no idea, sorry.

Answer 10

lol, not entirely!

feminism helped lesbians and bisexuals be open and more accepted.

feminism has broken the autonomy men once had over finances in marriage.

feminism brought out into the open the fact that sexual physical etc abuse exists in society.

i have a great deal of respect for feminists,male and female both.

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