I wrote:
> with one sex controlling the state and the economy, who do you think > will dominate? being relegated to domestic labor has a tendency to > "divide and rule."
Doyle:
True but beside the point. There is still gender inequality in Socialist States. What exactly is the way out? What is the work process of equality that resolves the issue?
Yoshie wasn't talking about socialist states (or state socialism) or the way out. She was hoping that somehow -- without struggle?? -- the Iranian system of gender segregation (homosocial society = gender apartheid?) would develop toward being a "gender-egalitarian society." but while we're on the subject, I think the only way that women's equality can be gained is via feminist struggle of the sort we've seen (with partial success) in the US. That's why independent organizations of, by, and for women are so important, so needed. Equality is not handed down by those in power, who benefit from inequality. -- Jim Devine / "But the wage of sin don't adjust for inflation. It's a buyer's market when you sell your soul." -- Jeffery Foucault, "Ghost Repeater."
